On 8 August 2013 00:21, Stephen Warren swarren@wwwdotorg.org wrote:
On 08/07/2013 11:59 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
On 7 August 2013 23:23, Stephen Warren swarren@wwwdotorg.org wrote:
That link only describes why we shouldn't have a dedicated compatible value for cpufreq. I certainly agree with that. However, I think it's reasonable that whatever code binds to:
compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";... should instantiate any virtual devices that relate to the CPU.
But how would we know here if platform really wants us to probe cpufreq-cpu0 driver? On multiplatform kernel there can be multiple cpufreq drivers available and there has to be some sort of code in DT or platform code that reflects which driver we want to use.
Presumably the code would look at the top-level DT node's compatible value (e.g. "nvidia,tegra20").
So you are actually asking us to get a compatibility list inside cpufreq-cpu0 driver which will list all the platforms for which this driver would work?
Honestly speaking I wasn't in favor of getting a platform-device registered for cpufreq-cpu0 earlier and had few discussion on the thread I passed to you.
The problem with the new solution you just proposed is, for every new platform that comes in we need to update this file.. And that's it probably..
Don't know how others would see it... @Rafael/Rob/Shawn: Any suggestions here?