linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] PM / OPP: Add platform specific set

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:58:40 -0700
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@....com>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, sboyd@...eaurora.org,
        vireshk@...nel.org, nm@...com, rjw@...ysocki.net,
        shawnguo@...nel.org, Anson.Huang@....com, ping.bai@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] PM / OPP: Add platform specific set_clk function

On 24-08-17, 00:10, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> This is useful to support platforms which only the clk setting is
> different from the generic OPP set rate but others like voltage
> setting are still the same.
> 
> Users can use this function to register a custom OPP set clk helper
> working in place of the default simple clk setting in the generic
> dev_pm_opp_set_rate(). Then user can still use dev_pm_opp_set_rate()
> with .set_clk() to save a lot duplicated work.

I am not inclined to add this support really. What prevents you to
register a clock for the device (which is CPU in your case) and the
generic clk_set_rate() will eventually call into the platform specific
routine. That's what everyone else is doing.

-- 
viresh