Hi Chris,
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Chris Brandt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Dec 14, 2016, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Another option is to let the driver bind against "renesas,r7s72100-mstp-
>> clocks", and switch to 8-bit access mode.
>>
>> CLK_OF_DECLARE(cpg_mstp_clks, "renesas,r7s72100-mstp-clocks",
>> cpg_mstp_clocks_init8);
>>
>> cpg_mstp_clocks_init8() can set a gloal flag, and call
>> cpg_mstp_clocks_init().
>>
>> The latter means no DT update is needed, and thus preserves compatibility
>> with old DTBs.
>
> I just coded that and it works good. Thank you.
I'm glad to hear that!
> Now, one more question before I submit a patch for review:
>
> I would like to add a "Fixes:" to the commit log so it can be considered for
> 4.9-stable (in reality it could go all the way back to when r7s72100 support
> was added)
>
> But, the current file path didn't exist until after commit b3a33077c0dd
> ("clk: renesas: move drivers to renesas directory") on 2016-03-02.
>
> So should I use that commit for my 'Fixes'?
Please use the original commit, as that's where the bug was introduced.
Git is quiet good in tracking renames, so cherry-picking it to v4.5 and older
kernels may just work ;-)
Thanks!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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