Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 05/10] ARM: OMAP1: Make 770 LCD work, v2

[Tony L. <to...@at...>]

* Andrew de Quincey <ad...@li...> [090528 11:44]:
> Quoting Tony Lindgren <to...@at...>:
>
>> * Andrew de Quincey <ad...@li...> [090525 09:41]:
>>> Quoting Andrew de Quincey <ad...@li...>:
>>>
>>>> Quoting Russell King - ARM Linux <li...@ar...>:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 04:37:32PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>>>>> Make 770 LCD work by passing the clock from platform data.
>>>>>> Also remove the old unused functions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't like this - because its passing struct clk's through platform
>>>>> data.  That's not how things are supposed to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> The way PXA solves this problem is to have clock aliases - see
>>>>> clk_add_alias().
>>>>
>>>> Interesting idea - I now have a prototype patch implementing this,
>>>> which I'll send when I get home (otherwise it would be an "it
>>>> compiles" "test" :)
>>>>
>>>> There isn't a common definition of clk_add_alias() though - that
>>>> symbol is defined in arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.c, so I had to copy it
>>>> into arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c
>>>
>>> Attached is a patch implementing this method. I don't like the
>>> duplication of the clk_alias code, but I imagine that could be resolved
>>> if this method was chosen....
>>
>> Andrew, can you please reply with your Signed-off-by?
>
> Sure - sorry I was holding off in case there were any comments on the  
> method...

I added a note about maybe moving the clk_add_alias() to
arch/arm/common/clkdev.c later.

Also noticed there were some whitespace errors, updated version below.

Regards,

Tony

> Signed-off-by: Andrew de Quincey <ad...@li...>
>