Hi Dirk,
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:54 AM, Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 01.06.2016 21:21, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> The R-Car M1A board code no longer calls r8a7778_clocks_init().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v3:
>> - New.
>> ---
>> drivers/clk/renesas/clk-r8a7778.c | 13 -------------
>> include/linux/clk/renesas.h | 1 -
>> 2 files changed, 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-r8a7778.c
>> b/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-r8a7778.c
>> index 07ea411098a75ad1..886a8380e91247a1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-r8a7778.c
>> +++ b/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-r8a7778.c
>> @@ -143,16 +143,3 @@ static void __init r8a7778_cpg_clocks_init(struct
>> device_node *np)
>>
>> CLK_OF_DECLARE(r8a7778_cpg_clks, "renesas,r8a7778-cpg-clocks",
>> r8a7778_cpg_clocks_init);
>> -
>> -void __init r8a7778_clocks_init(u32 mode)
>> -{
>> - BUG_ON(!(mode & BIT(19)));
>> -
>> - cpg_mode_rates = (!!(mode & BIT(18)) << 2) |
>> - (!!(mode & BIT(12)) << 1) |
>> - (!!(mode & BIT(11)));
>> - cpg_mode_divs = (!!(mode & BIT(2)) << 1) |
>> - (!!(mode & BIT(1)));
>> -
>> - of_clk_init(NULL);
>> -}
>
> Just a question on how you structured the patches: Is there a special reason
> why you do the adding of new code and the removal of dead code in two
> patches?
>
> Having both in one patch normally makes it more obvious which old code is
> replaced by which new code.
>
> An example: In patch
>
> [PATCH/RFC v3 11/22] clk: renesas: r8a7778: Obtain mode pin values using
> R-Car RST driver
>
> I wondered where the section
>
> + BUG_ON(!(mode & BIT(19)));
> +
> + cpg_mode_rates = (!!(mode & BIT(18)) << 2) |
> + (!!(mode & BIT(12)) << 1) |
> + (!!(mode & BIT(11)));
> + cpg_mode_divs = (!!(mode & BIT(2)) << 1) |
> + (!!(mode & BIT(1)));
>
> comes from. This becomes obvious with this patch 20/22. But it's 9 patches
> later ;) So why don't make the whole replacement visible in one patch?
Because that would break bisection.
Path 20 depends on patch 17, which depends on patch 11.
These three can't be a single patch because they touch multiple subsystems.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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