Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: OMAP2+: Change core_initcall levels to postcore_initcall

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On 12/03/2015 06:41 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> [151203 08:35]:
>> On 12/03/2015 06:00 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>> * Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> [151130 08:29]:
>>>> We want to be able to probe a few selected device drivers before hwmod
>>>> code populates the clocks in omap_hwmod_setup_all(). This allows us to
>>>> convert most of the clock drivers into regular device drivers.
>>
>> if understand things right, ti clks now will be populated and initialized
>> from
>> __omap_sync32k_timer_init
>>   - omap_clk_init()
>>     - ..
>>     - of_clk_init()
>>     - ..
>>     - omap_clk_soc_init()
>>
>> and __omap_sync32k_timer_init(), in turn, will be called from:
>> arch/arm/kernel/time.c
>>   - time_init()
>> 	machine_desc->init_time();
>> (without your patch 1).
> 
> Yes that's the current approach, but we can do better. We only need the following
> clocks for system timers at that point:
> 
> - mux clocks to select between the 32k and hf oscillator source
> 
> - clkctrl driver to gate the ocp clock
> 
> All the other clocks can be initialized at core_initcall time with this change.
> 
>> So, I don't see real dependency here between clk initialization and hwmods :(
> 
> You don't because it's only implemented so far for the dm814x ADPLL clock :)
> 
> That I posted as "[PATCH 0/2] Clock driver for dm814x ADPLL". Note how it's
> just a regular device driver that also works as loadable module on boards that
> have all the necessary clocks enabled already by the bootloader.
> 

Ah. Thanks. I see it now.

-- 
regards,
-grygorii
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