[RFC PATCH v2 1/3] dpll: Add DPLL framework base functions

Vadim Fedorenko vfedorenko at novek.ru
Wed Jun 29 16:37:25 PDT 2022


Hi Stephen!

On 29.06.2022 09:34, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Vadim Fedorenko (2022-06-26 12:24:42)
>> From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed at fb.com>
>>
>> DPLL framework is used to represent and configure DPLL devices
>> in systems. Each device that has DPLL and can configure sources
>> and outputs can use this framework.
> 
> Please add more details to the commit text, and possibly introduce some
> Documentation/ about this driver subsystem. I'm curious what is
> different from drivers/clk/, is it super large frequencies that don't
> fit into 32-bits when represented in Hz? Or PLL focused? Or is sub-Hz
> required?

Sure, I'm working on adding Documentation/ patch in the next iteration. For now 
I would it's mostly focused on PLL configuration rather then clocking thing. And 
the main reason is to provide flexible netlink API.

> 
> Details please!
> 
> Does DPLL stand for digital phase locked loop? Again, I have no idea! I
> think you get my point.

Yes, you are right, DPLL stands for digital phase locked loop.



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