linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Clocklib: add generic framework for managing clocks.

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Message-ID: <20080327093301.GB32396@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:33:01 +0000
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
Cc:	Dmitry <dbaryshkov@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hskinnemoen@...el.com,
	domen.puncer@...argo.com, lethal@...ux-sh.org, tony@...mide.com,
	paul@...an.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Clocklib: add generic framework for managing clocks.

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:26:48AM +0100, Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> You can extend the struct, put the rate there and use the same
> getrate() function for all the clocks that need to keep track of the
> current rate this way.

Well, if you're really concerned about size, you could do what I did with
PXA and introduce a struct clk_ops to contain all the constant function
pointers, rather than mashing the function pointers together - which
saves far more than trying to combine them.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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