Re: [PATCH V1 3/9] clk: sprd: add gate clock support

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Thu Jun 29 2017 - 21:43:17 EST


On 06/22, Chunyan Zhang wrote:
> On 20 June 2017 at 09:31, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 06/18, Chunyan Zhang wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/clk/sprd/Makefile b/drivers/clk/sprd/Makefile
> >> index 8f802b2..333e2b2 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/clk/sprd/Makefile
> >> +++ b/drivers/clk/sprd/Makefile
> >> @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
> >> ifneq ($(CONFIG_OF),)
> >> -obj-y += ccu_common.o
> >> +obj-y += ccu_common.o ccu_gate.o
> >
> > Can this be built as a module?
>
> Since most of all Spreadtrum device drivers would depend on if clocks
> have been initialized, so we'd prefer to build this into the kernel
> image.

This isn't really a good reason, but OK. Hopefully nobody wants
to make a module for every driver on the system and jam the ones
needed to access the rootfs into a ramdisk. Don't worry, you
don't need to support modules here.

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