linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.9 034/137] ARM: mmp/mmp2: dt: enable the clock

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Message-ID: <20190212165036.GE69686@sasha-vm>
Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:50:36 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 034/137] ARM: mmp/mmp2: dt: enable the clock

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 09:51:25PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
>Hi!
>
>> 4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> [ Upstream commit f36797ee43802b367e59f0f9a9805304a4ff0c98 ]
>>
>> The device-tree booted MMP2 needs to enable the timer clock, otherwise
>> it would stop ticking when the boot finishes.
>>
>> It can also use the clock rate from the clk, the non-DT boards need to
>> keep using the hardcoded rates.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
>> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
>> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
>
>While I agree this is good idea for mainline (thus my ack), I don't
>think it is suitable for stable, as older kernels will not run on OLPC
>in useful way, anyway.

Interesting, so OLPC doesn't run on 4.20?

--
Thanks,
Sasha