Re: [E1000-devel] igb driver with Intel Atom Bay Trail issue

[David M. <dav...@gm...>]

Hello

Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 06:31:19PM +0100, David Müller wrote:
>> The pmc_plt_clks may also be used for external hardware purposes without
>> the need for a driver involved. So I'm afraid a fix similar to the r8169
>> approach will not suit all needs. Please see
>> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-clk/msg35800.html for details.
>
> Any driver for device which is using PMC clock should take it into
> consideration.

I agree that each driver should properly request the clocks and other
resources needed.

But what if the PMC clock is used by hardware for which no driver is
being loaded or needed?


Dave