linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] clk: fixed-factor: add optional dt-binding clock-flags

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Message-ID: <577356E8.30009@lge.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:04:40 +0900
From:	Jongsung Kim <neidhard.kim@....com>
To:	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chanho Min <chanho.min@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] clk: fixed-factor: add optional dt-binding clock-flags

On 2016년 06월 29일 05:55, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 01:12:52PM +0900, Jongsung Kim wrote:
>> There is no way to set additional flags for a DT-initialized fixed-
>> factor-clock, and it can be problematic i.e., when the clock rate
>> needs to be changed. [1][2]
>>
>> This patch introduces an optional dt-binding named "clock-flags" to
>> be used for passing any needed flags from dts.
> I don't think we want this in DT. If we did, the flags would need some 
> documentation about what the flags mean.
Thanks for your comment. It looks not that big deal to provide a little documentation..? Some of the flags looks safe to be removed. Thinking of only fixed-factor-clock, most of them can be removed.