Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Aug 2009 18:10:52 +0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tmio_mmc: Optionally support using platform clock | From | Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <> |
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Hi!
Sorry for the delay,
2009/7/28 Ian Molton <ian@mnementh.co.uk>: > Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > >> Hi Ian > > Hi! > >> Thanks for the review. > > No problem - I hope you dont feel that I am picking on you in particular > here, this problem is not isolated to your patches. > >> I understand your concerns. Of course, the _proper_ solution would be to >> implement an architecture-independent clock API, something like what >> clocklib was trying to do. So, yes, if clocklib were in place now, I >> certainly would have used it. > > Which is of course a chicken/egg situation. I dealt with this a number of > times during the e-series development, and every time, integration with > mainline has gone more swiftly and with better quality, when the job was > done properly to begin with. > >> I searched for those clocklib submission attempts (Dmitry added to CC). > > Also adding RMK to the CC: > >> Last one I can find (maybe I missed some) is from July 2008 - more than a >> year ago. So, looks like our options currently are: >> >> 1. wait for new submissions of clocklib - if any are planned > > Dmitry: whats the current status of your clocklib work?
It wasn't refreshed since last submission or so, since for ARM we do have rmk's clocks implementations and I other maintainers (except AVR32 IIRC) didn't care at all.
>> 3. take over patches from Dmitry and bring them to a state acceptable for >> mainline > > Take over / collaborate with. I'll happily help people push these patches. > >> I personally don't have free (as in beer) time to work on 2 or 3. Anyone? > > If I can find out what the current state of this stuff is, I'll help get it > working - I can test / update all the TC6x and T7x MFD devices (and probably > asic3 too)
I don't think I'll have time to work on/refresh clocklib patches. Feel free to continue where I've left them.
-- With best wishes Dmitry
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