[PATCH 0/6] mmc: sdhci-s3c: Fix base clock source management

[Tomasz Figa]

Hi Chris,

On 11.01.2014 22:39, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> On platforms prior to Exynos the SDHCI block used internal clock
> divider controlled by SELFREQ field of CLKCON register to divide base
> clock selected from several external clocks fed to the block by
> SELBASECLK bitfield of CONTROL2 register. Depending on wanted clock
> frequency, different external clock may be the best choice and so
> the driver needs to switch the SELBASECLK mux on the fly.
>
> However the selection logic has been broken for quite some time leaving
> the controller using always clock 0, which is not always the right
> source and leading to suboptimal performance of the SDHCI block on
> affected platforms.
>
> This series intends to fix the problems mentioned above and also clean-up
> clock management code slightly.
>
> Tested on S3C6410-based Mini6410 board, with following performance
> figures:
>
> * Before this series (133 MHz HCLK always selected, leading to at most
>    33 MHz card clock):
>
> root at tiny6410:~# hdparm -t /dev/mmcblk0
>
> /dev/mmcblk0:
>   Timing buffered disk reads:  42 MB in  3.10 seconds =  13.54 MB/sec
> root at tiny6410:~# hdparm -t /dev/mmcblk0
>
> /dev/mmcblk0:
>   Timing buffered disk reads:  44 MB in  3.11 seconds =  14.14 MB/sec
> root at tiny6410:~#
>
> * After this series (48 MHz EPLL clock selected, leading to 48 MHz card
>    clock):
>
> root at tiny6410:~# hdparm -t /dev/mmcblk0
>
> /dev/mmcblk0:
>   Timing buffered disk reads:  56 MB in  3.04 seconds =  18.41 MB/sec
> root at tiny6410:~# hdparm -t /dev/mmcblk0
>
> /dev/mmcblk0:
>   Timing buffered disk reads:  60 MB in  3.06 seconds =  19.63 MB/sec
> root at tiny6410:~#
>
> Tomasz Figa (6):
>    mmc: sdhci-s3c: Use shifts to divide by powers of two
>    mmc: sdhci-s3c: Cache bus clock rates
>    mmc: sdhci-s3c: Use correct condition to check for clock presence
>    mmc: sdhci-s3c: Simplify min/max clock calculation
>    mmc: sdhci-s3c: Fix handling of bus clock switching
>    mmc: sdhci-s3c: Do not allow frequencies higher than requested
>
>   drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>   1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
>

What do you think about this series?

Best regards,
Tomasz