Re: [PATCH] soc: rockchip: power-domain: remove PM clocks

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Feb 28 2018 - 07:17:48 EST


Hi Jeffy,

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Jeffy Chen <jeffy.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently we are adding all of the attached devices' clocks as pm clocks
> and enable them when powering on the power domain.
>
> This seems unnecessary, because those clocks are already controlled in
> the devices' drivers with better error handling.
>
> Tested on my chromebook minnie(rk3288) and chromebook kevin(rk3399).
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeffy Chen <jeffy.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

Just wondering: so you prefer to handle the clocks explicitly in all drivers,
instead of delegating this task to Runtime PM?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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