[U-Boot] [PATCHv4 3/3] ARM64: poplar: hi3798cv200: u-boot support for Poplar 96Boards

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 11:33:35AM +0200, Jorge Ramirez wrote:
> On 05/10/2017 04:30 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >>hey Tom, I am not sure how to move this forward really so let me
> >>clarify where I think we stand:
> >>
> >>1. The linux kernel does not need the clock property in the uart
> >>nodes (only u-boot does: serial_pl01x.c needs fixing).
> >>2. ehci is not present in the linux kernel poplar dts yet but it
> >>will be eventually.
> >>
> >>with this in mind, what is blocking the acceptance of the patchset?
> >>
> >>I can do v5 using the linux kernel dts as is and creating a
> >>hi3798cv200-u-boot.dtsi that simply adds the nodes above (this time
> >>no #include required:)  )
> >>
> >>Then when ehci is added to the kernel, the ehci node can be removed
> >>from u-boot.dtsi
> >>And when uboot updates its pl01x.c serial driver,  the uart0 node
> >>can be removed and the u-boot.dtsi filed completely deleted.
> >Can you take a stab at updating the pl01x driver?  Thanks!
> 
> updating pl01x is not a big deal I dont think; however this will
> mean requiring a platform specific clock driver to just use the
> pl01x - which will take me some time to get into uboot for my
> platform (and the same might happen to other users).

Ah right.  So the flip side here, is one not allowed to have the clock
property anymore?  Yes, it may not be used in the kernel, but has
someone argued that it's not part of the hardware description?

-- 
Tom
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