linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] User access to internal clocks

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Message-ID: <20090209190142.GD19453@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:01:42 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Davide Rizzo <elpa.rizzo@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ben-linux@...ff.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] User access to internal clocks

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 07:54:57PM +0100, Davide Rizzo wrote:
> > What about adding a dedicated function to clk api that registers a struct clk
> >  in a linked list and associates it with a name, with the only specific purpose
> >  to enumerate and list (and possibly change rate and parents) all
> > clocks in sysfs ?
> > Obviously only specifically registered clocks will be visible in sysfs...
> >
> 
> Or better, only proposed functions:
> int clk_for_each(int(*fn)(struct clk *, void *), void *data)
> and
> const char *clk_sysname(struct clk *)
> need to be added to clk api, the function to register the struct clk
> in the linked list could be implementation specific.
> Maybe a function like this:
> struct clk *clk_get_by_sysname(const char *sysname);
> could be useful to be added to api interface, too ?

I'm not going to reply unless you copy your replies to linux-arm-kernel.
By not copying that list, you're excluding maintainers for quite a number
of implementation maintainers from this discussion.
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