linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 00/19] clk: imx: Switch the imx6 and imx7 to clk

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:24:54 -0300
From:   Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:     Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@....com>
Cc:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>,
        Aisheng Dong <aisheng.dong@....com>,
        Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
        Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        "linux-clk@...r.kernel.org" <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 00/19] clk: imx: Switch the imx6 and imx7 to clk_hw based API

Hi Abel,

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 12:37 PM Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@....com> wrote:
>
> This work is part of the effort of switching the entire imx clock drivers
> towards clk_hw based API. In order to do that, we have to keep the old

Maybe I missed some earlier discussions on this topic, but let me ask
a fundamental question first: what is the motivation for this API
change?

I could not find the reasoning inside the series.