Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] cpufreq: imx6q/thermal: imx: register cooling device depending on OF

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On 19-06-18, 11:22, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Hi Viresh,
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 19.06.2018, 14:35 +0530 schrieb Viresh Kumar:
> > On 08-06-18, 11:06, Bastian Stender wrote:
> > > The cooling device should be part of the i.MX cpufreq driver, but it
> > > cannot be removed for the sake of DT stability.
> > 
> > I am not sure what you meant by DT stability here. Can you please explain that ?
> 
> The goal that we strive for in i.MX land is that a any newer kernel
> boots on a older DT without functional regressions compared to a
> matching DT/kernel pair when possible.

Right, that's being backwards compatible and we must do that.

> > What about calling both OF and non-OF calls from the cpufreq driver, based on
> > the fact that data is present in DT or not ?
> 
> That's right, we could move the cooling device registration completely
> to the cpufreq driver. As that would consolidate the code some more, I
> agree that this is the right way to go.

We are good to go then :)

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viresh
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