Re: [PATCH] clk: shmobile: div6: Avoid division by zero in .round_rate()

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello.

On 02/05/2015 01:04 AM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> > > > > Anyone may call clk_round_rate() with a zero rate value, so we have to
> > > > > protect against that.

> > > > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

> > > > Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > > > I agree that this should not be fixed in the core because the fixup is
> > > > really driver dependant.

> > >      Dunno, zero frequency seems generally insane to me.

> > It is useful to find the lowest frequency a clock can support. Basically
> > it is a search for the floor frequency.

>     Why not just use 1? Or are you assuming that some hardware could actually
> support 0 Hz?

   Replying to myself: yes, this has happened to me, when I forgot to 
override the EXTAL frequency in the board .dts file (default was 0).

> > Regards,
> > Mike

WBR, Sergei

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