Justin, On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:55:40AM -0700, Justin Chen wrote: > > Hello Guenter, > > > Is 'clock-frequency' really needed (and useful), or would it make more sense > > to expect the user to configure a fixed clock if nothing else is available ? > > How do other drivers handle this ? > > The reason for 'clock-frequency' was for a case where our device tree did not > have clocks. Creating a new fixed clock for a single device seems unnecessary > compared to a 'clock-frequency' property. Their is a use for 'clock-frequency', > but it is not really necessary. However, this is my first linux patch, so I do > not fully trust my judgement on this... > All that is needed for a fixed clock is a devicetree entry for it. Not sure I understand your line of argument; you add a lot of complexity and code just to avoid those few lines in the dts file (especially with 500+ "fixed-clock" nodes in other devicetree files). Thanks, Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html