| Subject | Re: [PATCH 05/13] clk: qcom: apcs-msm8916: get parent clock names from DT | From | Stephen Boyd <> | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:37:43 -0800 |
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Quoting Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz (2018-12-17 01:46:22) > Allow accessing the parent clock names required for the driver > operation by using the device tree node. > > This permits extending the driver to other platforms without having to > modify its source code. > > For backwards compatibility leave previous values as default.
Why do we need to maintain backwards compatibility? Isn't is required that the nodes have clocks properties?
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