linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: add DT test clock consumer driver

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Message-Id: <201303161456.54246.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:56:54 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: add DT test clock consumer driver

On Saturday 16 March 2013, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> This driver adds a DT test clock consumer that exposes debugfs files to
> enable/disable and set/get rate of the attached programmable clock.
> During development of a i2c-attached clock generator I found it useful
> to debug the clock generator's internal pll settings by enforcing clock
> rates through debugfs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>

It sounds a little clumsy to have a device driver to match a device that
you create just for matching the driver.

Would it be possible to separate the debugging logic from the platform
device logic? I think it may be useful to have a debugfs or sysfs
inteface for all clocks in the system, even if that is disabled by
default or only available after manually loading a module implementing
that functionality.

	Arnd
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