Message ID | 1596034117-24246-1-git-send-email-Anson.Huang@nxp.com (mailing list archive) |
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Series | Support building i.MX ARMv8 platforms clock driver as module | expand |
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:48:31PM +0800, Anson Huang wrote: > Nowdays, there are more and more requirements of building SoC specific drivers as > modules, such as Android GKI (generic kernel image), this patch set supports building > i.MX ARMv8 SoCs clock drivers as modules, > > The CLK_IMXxxx is introduced for i.MX ARMv7 platforms in order to make the build > options aligned, the reason why i.MX ARMv7 platforms clock driver do NOT support > module build and COMPILE_TEST is because, some drivers like i.MX GPT timer driver > depends on clock driver to be ready before it, GPT driver uses TIMER_OF_DECLARE(), > while i.MX6/7 clock drivers use CLK_OF_DECLARE(), and GPT driver is critical for > i.MX6/7 platforms kernel boot up, so GPT driver needs to be changed to support > loadable clock driver first, then the i.MX6/7 clock drivers can support loadable > module, this will be done later. > > Changes since V6: > - improve patch #6's subject and move it to be first patch of this series. > > Anson Huang (6): > clk: imx6sl: Use BIT(x) to avoid shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 > bits > clk: composite: Export clk_hw_register_composite() > clk: imx: Support building i.MX common clock driver as module > clk: imx: Add clock configuration for ARMv7 platforms > clk: imx8m: Support module build > clk: imx8qxp: Support building i.MX8QXP clock driver as module Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org> Stephen, I had sent v5.9 material off my hand to you, so please pick this up directly if it looks good to you. Thanks! Shawn
Quoting Shawn Guo (2020-07-29 08:26:35) > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:48:31PM +0800, Anson Huang wrote: > > Nowdays, there are more and more requirements of building SoC specific drivers as > > modules, such as Android GKI (generic kernel image), this patch set supports building > > i.MX ARMv8 SoCs clock drivers as modules, > > > > The CLK_IMXxxx is introduced for i.MX ARMv7 platforms in order to make the build > > options aligned, the reason why i.MX ARMv7 platforms clock driver do NOT support > > module build and COMPILE_TEST is because, some drivers like i.MX GPT timer driver > > depends on clock driver to be ready before it, GPT driver uses TIMER_OF_DECLARE(), > > while i.MX6/7 clock drivers use CLK_OF_DECLARE(), and GPT driver is critical for > > i.MX6/7 platforms kernel boot up, so GPT driver needs to be changed to support > > loadable clock driver first, then the i.MX6/7 clock drivers can support loadable > > module, this will be done later. > > > > Changes since V6: > > - improve patch #6's subject and move it to be first patch of this series. > > > > Anson Huang (6): > > clk: imx6sl: Use BIT(x) to avoid shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 > > bits > > clk: composite: Export clk_hw_register_composite() > > clk: imx: Support building i.MX common clock driver as module > > clk: imx: Add clock configuration for ARMv7 platforms > > clk: imx8m: Support module build > > clk: imx8qxp: Support building i.MX8QXP clock driver as module > > Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org> > > Stephen, > > I had sent v5.9 material off my hand to you, so please pick this up > directly if it looks good to you. Thanks! > Ok. At this point it's pretty late so I think it will have to wait to after the merge window unless there's an rc8.