Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756564AbbDJWYA (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:24:00 -0400 Received: from down.free-electrons.com ([37.187.137.238]:46205 "EHLO mail.free-electrons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751560AbbDJWX7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:23:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 00:23:55 +0200 From: Alexandre Belloni To: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com Cc: Keerthy , Igor Grinberg , Keerthy , a.zummo@towertech.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] [PATCH] rtc: OMAP: Add external 32k clock feature Message-ID: <20150410222355.GE20669@piout.net> References: <1425375722-13412-1-git-send-email-j-keerthy@ti.com> <20150324155916.cfd1b7ab442271466160283f@linux-foundation.org> <55234F25.5060708@ti.com> <5523820C.2010709@compulab.co.il> <5527894E.9000807@ti.com> <20150410133730.8f84b2894efcf1bde075048f@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150410133730.8f84b2894efcf1bde075048f@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1261 Lines: 27 On 10/04/2015 at 13:37:30 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote : > Is there any way in which we can get all systems working properly? If > there's no way of auto-detecting an external oscillator then perhaps a > module parameter is needed. If so, it would be better if the driver > were to default to internal oscillator (ie: current behaviour), and the > module parameter selects the external oscillator. This way, existing > systems are unaffected by the kernel upgrade. > Actually, I would use the common clock framework, allowing to chose between the internal and an external clock source by using the "clocks" property. This would also allow to have the correct reference count on that 32k internal clock. It may not matter now but for example, not doing so became a problem on at91. As a fallback, if no clocks property is available, I would use the internal 32k to keep DT ABI backward compatibility. -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/