Re: [PATCH v3] clk: clk-gpio: propagate rate change to parent

From: Ardelean, Alexandru
Date: Mon Nov 11 2019 - 04:31:38 EST


On Fri, 2019-11-08 at 13:08 -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Alexandru Ardelean (2019-11-07 23:17:18)
> > From: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > For an external clock source, which is gated via a GPIO, the
> > rate change should typically be propagated to the parent clock.
> >
> > The situation where we are requiring this propagation, is when an
> > external clock is connected to override an internal clock (which
> > typically
> > has a fixed rate). The external clock can have a different rate than
> > the
> > internal one, and may also be variable, thus requiring the rate
> > propagation.
> >
> > This rate change wasn't propagated until now, and it's unclear about
> > cases
> > where this shouldn't be propagated. Thus, it's unclear whether this is
> > fixing a bug, or extending the current driver behavior. Also, it's
> > unsure
> > about whether this may break any existing setups; in the case that it
> > does,
> > a device-tree property may be added to disable this flag.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Applied to clk-next
>
> Next time please send as a new topic instead of a reply to the original
> patch. Makes it easier for me to apply the patch.
>

Ack.
Will do that.

Thanks
Alex