Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:19:58 +0200 | From | Thomas Petazzoni <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: mvebu: Move SCU power up in a function |
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Dear Gregory CLEMENT,
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:11:17 +0200, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> > Since this function is not static, I think it might be a good idea to > > use a prefix that makes it more specific to the platform in order to > > not pollute the global namespace. Maybe something like > > 'armada_38x_scu_power_up', or something like that. > > Yes given the fact that this function is declared in the mach-mveu folder > it is sensible to use a more specific name. However the function itself > is not specific at all to an SoC. This function could be used for any Cortex A9 > using the SCU.
Indeed, but as you say, it's right now defined in the mvebu specific code, so we shouldn't pollute the global namespace.
Note that there is already a scu_power_mode() that does the same thing, but implemented in C, so I'm not sure you can call it at search an early point.
Best regards,
Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com
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