linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: probe common clock drivers earlier

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:59:33 +0900
From:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jay Sternberg <jay.e.sternberg@...el.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Matias Bjørling <m@...rling.me>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: probe common clock drivers earlier

2016-07-20 19:58 GMT+09:00 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>:
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>> 2016-07-16 11:11 GMT+09:00 Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>:
>>> Quoting Masahiro Yamada (2016-05-05 00:57:17)
>>>> Several SoCs implement platform drivers for clocks rather than
>>>> CLK_OF_DECLARE().  Clocks should come earlier because they are
>>>> prerequisites for many of other drivers.  It will help to mitigate
>
> As are regulators, DMA engines, power domains, ..., but the actual ordering
> needed depends on the SoC.


Right.


The *mitigate* is a keyword in my git-log.

I am not saying this commit can completely suppress EPROBE_DEFER,
but moving "obj-y += clk/" up is
a right thing for *most* of SoCs.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada