netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/3] Create common DPLL/clock configuration API

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Date:   Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:20:44 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...ek.ru>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...com>, Aya Levin <ayal@...dia.com>,
        Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/3] Create common DPLL/clock configuration API

On 6/22/22 17:57, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
> From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...com>
> 
> Implement common API for clock/DPLL configuration and status reporting.
> The API utilises netlink interface as transport for commands and event
> notifications. This API aim to extend current pin configuration and
> make it flexible and easy to cover special configurations.

Any reasons why you are not copying the Linux common clock framework 
maintainers and not seeking to get your code included under drivers/clk/ 
where it would seem like a more natural place for it?

Is netlink really a necessary configuration interface for those devices?
-- 
Florian