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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:36:47 +0100 From: Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com> To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <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, rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk, paul@...an.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Clocklib: add generic framework for managing clocks. Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote: > > Hmm...this is exactly twice as big as the struct I'm currently using, > > it doesn't contain all the fields I need, and it's undocumented. > > Like unifying 15-or-so versions of clock framework that are out there? I'm not complaining about the goal of this patchset, I'm just arguing about the price. And I do think we managed to come to an agreement later in the thread (which is actually cheaper than what I currently have!) > > I have quite a few clocks, so the increased memory consumption is quite > > significant. What are the advantages of this? > > How many clocks do you have? 55 currently, and there are still a few clocks that haven't been wired up yet. So shaving off a few bytes can make a big difference, and other platforms have even more clocks. Haavard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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