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Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 0/6] Support building i.MX ARMv8 platforms clock driver as module
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
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To:     Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@nxp.com>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 31 Jul 2020 17:04:52 -0700
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Quoting Shawn Guo (2020-07-29 08:26:35)
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:48:31PM +0800, Anson Huang wrote:
> > Nowdays, there are more and more requirements of building SoC specific =
drivers as
> > modules, such as Android GKI (generic kernel image), this patch set sup=
ports building
> > i.MX ARMv8 SoCs clock drivers as modules,
> >=20
> > The CLK_IMXxxx is introduced for i.MX ARMv7 platforms in order to make =
the build
> > options aligned, the reason why i.MX ARMv7 platforms clock driver do NO=
T support
> > module build and COMPILE_TEST is because, some drivers like i.MX GPT ti=
mer driver
> > depends on clock driver to be ready before it, GPT driver uses TIMER_OF=
_DECLARE(),
> > while i.MX6/7 clock drivers use CLK_OF_DECLARE(), and GPT driver is cri=
tical for
> > i.MX6/7 platforms kernel boot up, so GPT driver needs to be changed to =
support
> > loadable clock driver first, then the i.MX6/7 clock drivers can support=
 loadable
> > module, this will be done later.
> >=20
> > Changes since V6:
> >       - improve patch #6's subject and move it to be first patch of thi=
s series.
> >=20
> > Anson Huang (6):
> >   clk: imx6sl: Use BIT(x) to avoid shifting signed 32-bit value by 31
> >     bits
> >   clk: composite: Export clk_hw_register_composite()
> >   clk: imx: Support building i.MX common clock driver as module
> >   clk: imx: Add clock configuration for ARMv7 platforms
> >   clk: imx8m: Support module build
> >   clk: imx8qxp: Support building i.MX8QXP clock driver as module
>=20
> Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
>=20
> Stephen,
>=20
> I had sent v5.9 material off my hand to you, so please pick this up
> directly if it looks good to you.  Thanks!
>=20

Ok. At this point it's pretty late so I think it will have to wait to
after the merge window unless there's an rc8.