[PATCH V6 3/3] clk: meson: s4: add support for Amlogic S4 SoC peripheral clock controller
Yu Tu
yu.tu at amlogic.com
Mon Jan 30 01:41:14 PST 2023
On 2023/1/30 17:06, Jerome Brunet wrote:
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> On Sat 28 Jan 2023 at 18:17, Yu Tu <yu.tu at amlogic.com> wrote:
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>> On 2023/1/20 17:47, Jerome Brunet wrote:
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>>> On Fri 20 Jan 2023 at 11:33, Yu Tu <yu.tu at amlogic.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi
>>>> On 2023/1/19 19:37, Jerome Brunet wrote:
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>>>>> On Mon 16 Jan 2023 at 15:42, Yu Tu <yu.tu at amlogic.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Add the peripherals clock controller driver in the s4 SoC family.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Yu Tu <yu.tu at amlogic.com>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +/* Video Clocks */
>>>>>> +static struct clk_regmap s4_vid_pll_div = {
>>>>>> + .data = &(struct meson_vid_pll_div_data){
>>>>>> + .val = {
>>>>>> + .reg_off = CLKCTRL_VID_PLL_CLK_DIV,
>>>>>> + .shift = 0,
>>>>>> + .width = 15,
>>>>>> + },
>>>>>> + .sel = {
>>>>>> + .reg_off = CLKCTRL_VID_PLL_CLK_DIV,
>>>>>> + .shift = 16,
>>>>>> + .width = 2,
>>>>>> + },
>>>>>> + },
>>>>>> + .hw.init = &(struct clk_init_data) {
>>>>>> + .name = "vid_pll_div",
>>>>>> + /*
>>>>>> + * The frequency division from the hdmi_pll clock to the vid_pll_div
>>>>>> + * clock is the default value of this register. When designing the
>>>>>> + * video module of the chip, a default value that can meet the
>>>>>> + * requirements of the video module will be solidified according
>>>>>> + * to the usage requirements of the chip, so as to facilitate chip
>>>>>> + * simulation. So this is ro_ops.
>>>>>> + * It is important to note that this clock is not used on this
>>>>>> + * chip and is described only for the integrity of the clock tree.
>>>>>> + */
>>>>> If it is reset value and will be applicable to all the design, regarless
>>>>> of the use-case, then yes RO ops is OK
>>>>>
>>>>> >From what I understand here, the value will depend on the use-case requirements.
>>>>> This is a typical case where the DT prop "assigned-rate" should be used, not RO ops.
>>>>
>>>> Check the previous chip history, the actual scene is not used at all,
>>>> basically is used in simulation. So the previous SOC was "ro_ops" without
>>>> any problems. This S4 SOC is not actually useful either.
>>>>
>>>> So when you were upstream, you had no problem making "ro_ops". I wonder if
>>>> I could delete this useless clock, so you don't have to worry about it.
>>> I don't know what to make of this. What is the point of adding a useless
>>> clock ?
>>
>> As explained earlier this "vid_pll_div" is actually used in chip
>> emulation. So next I'd like to know what you suggest to do with the clock?
>>
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> If it does not exist in the actual SoC, please remove it
>
If I remove it, the "vid_pll_sel" clock will be missing a parent
(vid_pll_div). I will use the table method and give the above reasons.
Do you accept this method?
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