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Message-ID: <20090624183237.GA27633@suse.de> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:32:37 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> To: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hjk@...utronix.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] UIO: add device clock support On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 08:29:36PM +0200, Daniel Mack wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:34:14AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:30:24PM +0200, Daniel Mack wrote: > > > Add a pointer to a 'struct clk' to uio_info. Drivers can set > > > this pointer if a clock is needed, and the UIO core will care > > > to enable and disable it upon device open and release. > > > > Do you have a UIO driver that needs this? > > No. > > > If so, please submit it at the same time, otherwise adding > > infrastructure for no driver that needs it, is pretty pointless. > > As I wrote in my introduction email, I wanted to use this framework but > eventually I didn't. But then I had these patches flying around and I > thought sharing them is better than throwing them away. They work well, > it's just that this particular feature has no uses at the moment. Thanks for the change, it looks nice, but until we have a driver that needs it, I say we hold off on this patch. thanks, greg k-h -- 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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