linux-kernel - Re: [RFC,PATCH 1/2] Add a common struct clk

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Message-ID: <19477.63136.664249.167207@ipc1.ka-ro>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:30:08 +0200
From:	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@...onical.com>,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH 1/2] Add a common struct clk

Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes:
> On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 08:39 +0200, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> > All implementations so far use spin_lock_irq_save()!
> 
> Nothing prevents your implementation to be a tad smarter.
> 
I vote for consistency, so that device drivers can be kept arch
independent instead of having to care about implentation details of
each arch.


Lothar Waßmann
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