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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:01:03 +0200 From: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com> To: Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com> CC: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>, Hyun Kwon <hyunk@...inx.com>, Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>, Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: si570: Add a driver for SI570 oscillators On 09/13/2013 07:26 PM, Sören Brinkmann wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:00:05AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 05:55:37PM -0700, Soren Brinkmann wrote: >>> Add a driver for SILabs 570, 571, 598, 599 programmable oscillators. >>> The devices generate low-jitter clock signals and are reprogrammable via >>> an I2C interface. >>> >>> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> >>> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com> >>> --- [...] >>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-si570.c b/drivers/clk/clk-si570.c >>> new file mode 100644 >>> index 0000000..960d689 >>> --- /dev/null >>> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-si570.c >>> @@ -0,0 +1,546 @@ [...] >>> + match = of_match_node(clk_si570_of_match, client->dev.of_node); >>> + if (!match) >>> + return -EINVAL; >> >> Seems unusual. Is this really needed ? It precludes the driver from being used >> in a non-devicetree environment, for example. I would guess that there is a match >> if client->dev.of_node is set. Otherwise, this code would be needed in every >> driver supporting devicetree, and I don't recall seeing that. >> >>> + ddata = match->data; >>> + >> You should be able to get this information (ie the pointer to si570_device_data) >> from id->driver_data. That would be more consistent with other i2c devices. > I think I copied this approach from the other clk-si... driver. I'll > do some research on your suggestion and change it. Could you point me to > an example for your proposal? Soeren, I sent a patch for the match removal in clk-si5351 [1]. Mike must have missed it, I will resend soon. You can take that as "an example for the proposal" above. Sebastian [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/9/3/484 -- 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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