[PATCH 1/1] clk: ti: add support for external clock provider

Tero Kristo t-kristo at ti.com
Thu Aug 21 06:42:26 PDT 2014


On 08/20/2014 10:39 AM, Tero Kristo wrote:
> On 08/19/2014 04:22 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
>> Hi Tero,
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 02:15:48PM +0100, Tero Kristo wrote:
>>> External clock provider can now be used to register external clocks
>>> under
>>> it. This is needed as the TI clock driver only registers clocks
>>> hierarchically under clock providers, and external clocks do not belong
>>> under any of the current ones.
>>
>> I must admit that I don't understand the justification for this binding.
>>
>> Why can't these clocks be descrbied elsewhere and wired up as usual? Why
>> must they be under the TI clock provide node?
>>
>>  From the limited description above it sounds like the only reason this
>> exists is to work around a deficiency in the TI clock driver. That does
>> not sound like a very good reason for having this.
>
> I wouldn't call it a deficiency, but its by design due to need for
> registering clocks and clock providers hierarchically.
>
> I guess it might be possible to re-work the TI clock init to check for
> the parent node, and if it is a clock provider, see if it has been
> initialized or not. The clock provider maps the IO range so it must be
> initialized before any clocks under it are initialized. I'll experiment
> with this a bit and see how it works out.

I have an alternative approach for this now, posting a patch in a bit.

-Tero

>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark.
>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <t-kristo at ti.com>
>>> ---
>>>   .../devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/ext-clocks.txt    |   32
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c                           |   12 ++++++--
>>>   drivers/clk/ti/clk.c                               |   23
>>> ++++++++++++++
>>>   include/linux/clk/ti.h                             |    2 ++
>>>   4 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>   create mode 100644
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/ext-clocks.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git
>>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/ext-clocks.txt
>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/ext-clocks.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..8e784bb
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/ext-clocks.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
>>> +TI external clock provider properties
>>> +
>>> +External clock provider is used to group SoC external board specific
>>> +clock nodes. A separate provider node is required as the TI clock
>>> +driver registers clocks hierarchically.
>>> +
>>> +Required properties:
>>> +- compatible:        Shall be: "ti,external-clocks"
>>> +- clocks:        Contains the external clocks for the board
>>> +- clockdomains:        Contains the external clockdomains for the board
>>> +
>>> +Example:
>>> +
>>> +ext_clocks {
>>> +    compatible = "ti,external-clocks";
>>> +
>>> +    ext_clocks: clocks {
>>> +    };
>>> +
>>> +    ext_clockdomains: clockdomains {
>>> +    };
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +...
>>> +
>>> +&ext_clocks {
>>> +    gpio_test_clock {
>>> +        compatible = "gpio-clock";
>>> +        #clock-cells = <0>;
>>> +        enable-gpios = <&gpio5 25 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
>>> +    };
>>> +};
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c
>>> index 8f55945..77be18b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c
>>> @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
>>>   #include <linux/init.h>
>>>   #include <linux/io.h>
>>>   #include <linux/clk.h>
>>> +#include <linux/clk-provider.h>
>>> +#include <linux/clk/ti.h>
>>>
>>>   #include <asm/tlb.h>
>>>   #include <asm/mach/map.h>
>>> @@ -729,8 +731,14 @@ int __init omap_clk_init(void)
>>>           return 0;
>>>
>>>       ret = of_prcm_init();
>>> -    if (!ret)
>>> -        ret = omap_clk_soc_init();
>>> +    if (ret)
>>> +        return ret;
>>> +
>>> +    ret = ti_dt_clk_ext_init();
>>> +    if (ret)
>>> +        return ret;
>>> +
>>> +    ret = omap_clk_soc_init();
>>>
>>>       return ret;
>>>   }
>>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/ti/clk.c b/drivers/clk/ti/clk.c
>>> index b1a6f71..c84ce4d 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/clk/ti/clk.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/clk/ti/clk.c
>>> @@ -165,3 +165,26 @@ void ti_dt_clk_init_provider(struct device_node
>>> *parent, int index)
>>>           kfree(retry);
>>>       }
>>>   }
>>> +
>>> +static struct of_device_id ti_ext_clk_match_table[] = {
>>> +    { .compatible = "ti,external-clocks" },
>>> +    { }
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +/**
>>> + * ti_dt_clk_ext_init - initialize external clocks from DT
>>> + *
>>> + * Some clocks are provided from external chips outside the main SoC.
>>> + * The details for these are given under a special DT node, which will
>>> + * be parsed by this function.
>>> + */
>>> +int ti_dt_clk_ext_init(void)
>>> +{
>>> +    struct device_node *np;
>>> +
>>> +    for_each_matching_node(np, ti_ext_clk_match_table) {
>>> +        ti_dt_clk_init_provider(np, -1);
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>> +    return 0;
>>> +}
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/clk/ti.h b/include/linux/clk/ti.h
>>> index e8d8a35..188270c 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/clk/ti.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/clk/ti.h
>>> @@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ int am43xx_dt_clk_init(void);
>>>   int omap2420_dt_clk_init(void);
>>>   int omap2430_dt_clk_init(void);
>>>
>>> +int ti_dt_clk_ext_init(void);
>>> +
>>>   #ifdef CONFIG_OF
>>>   void of_ti_clk_allow_autoidle_all(void);
>>>   void of_ti_clk_deny_autoidle_all(void);
>>> --
>>> 1.7.9.5
>>>
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