linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: i.MX25: add the clocks for the EPIT blocks

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Date:   Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:42:11 +0800
From:   Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
To:     Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Cc:     Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Clément Péron <peron.clem@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@...tor.com>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: i.MX25: add the clocks for the EPIT blocks

On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 10:12:30AM +0100, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thus wrote Shawn Guo (shawnguo@...nel.org):
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 06:32:47PM +0100, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> > > The i.MX25 contains two EPIT (Enhanced Periodic Interrupt Timer)
> > > function blocks. Add their ipg and per clocks to the device tree.
> 
> > > Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
> 
> > Are these EPIT devices actually used in upstream kernel, or just
> > somewhere else?
> 
> Until I saw Vladimir's mail this morning, I wasn't aware of any mainline
> driver that's using the EPIT devices. I found that the clocks are
> missing when I tried to use EPIT with a company-internal driver that's
> not suitable for mainline integration.
> 
> Still, I think that merging this patch does no harm. If the EPIT devices
> are present in the DT, we should add all resources they're using.

Agreed.  I will be happy to apply the patch if I can get an ACK from
Clément saying this works with his driver in upstreaming.

Shawn