linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] clk: Add a generic clock infrastructure

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Date:	Mon, 30 May 2011 01:00:21 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Richard Zhao <linuxzsc@...il.com>
Cc:	Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] clk: Add a generic clock infrastructure

On Wednesday, May 25, 2011 06:47:50 Richard Zhao wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 03:27:49PM +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> > +struct clk {
> > +	const char		*name;
> > +	struct clk_hw_ops	*ops;
> > +	struct clk_hw		*hw;
> 
> If we don't let it void *, why not put clk_hw_ops into clk_hw too? It'll be
> more easy to define static clocks.

because the ops should be const, and possibly shared among multiple clocks.  
i.e. if i have 4 SPI buses, there should only be one copy of the ops structure 
but 4 clk_hw instances.
-mike

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