Hi, Andrew Lunn writes: > > -#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CLK) > > hpriv->clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL); > > - if (IS_ERR(hpriv->clk)) > > - dev_notice(&pdev->dev, "cannot get clkdev\n"); > > - else > > - clk_enable(hpriv->clk); > > -#endif > > + if (IS_ERR(hpriv->clk)) { > > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot get clkdev\n"); > > + return PTR_ERR(hpriv->clk); > > + } > > + > > + clk_enable(hpriv->clk); > > Sorry, but still wrong. > > The clock is optional. If we can find a clock, turn it on. If not, > keep going.... > > You patch causes the missing clock to become a fatal error. > The clock API should accept NULL pointers as valid clocks and treat them as NOP. Thus drivers wouldn't have to worry about whether they actually got a clock to manage or if their clocks are just dummies. Lothar Waßmann -- ___________________________________________________________ Ka-Ro electronics GmbH | Pascalstraße 22 | D - 52076 Aachen Phone: +49 2408 1402-0 | Fax: +49 2408 1402-10 Geschäftsführer: Matthias Kaussen Handelsregistereintrag: Amtsgericht Aachen, HRB 4996 www.karo-electronics.de | info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ___________________________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html