linux-kernel - Re: [patch 5/7] clockevents: Provide interface to reconfigure an active clock event device

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1105191132260.3078@ionos>
Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 11:33:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LAK <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 5/7] clockevents: Provide interface to reconfigure an
 active clock event device

On Thu, 19 May 2011, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > + */
> > +int clockevents_reconfigure(struct clock_event_device *dev, u32 freq)
> 
> This too could use a struct clockevents_params perhaps - and would only use 
> params.freq for now but might be extended in the future.
> 
> But i'm fine with this API as well:

I agree for the config_register interface, but here we really just
want to update the frequency and not change any other parameter.
 
Thanks,

	tglx
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