[PATCH v3 07/11] dt-bindings: clock: Add StarFive JH7110 system clock and reset generator

Hal Feng hal.feng at starfivetech.com
Thu Feb 23 01:52:57 PST 2023


On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 06:18:01 +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On 23 February 2023 03:03:04 GMT, Hal Feng <hal.feng at starfivetech.com> wrote:
>>On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:26:46 +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 09:27:37PM +0800, Hal Feng wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:39:32 +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>>> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 02:17:17PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>>> >> Quoting Conor Dooley (2023-02-16 10:20:34)
>>>> >> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 10:42:20PM +0800, Hal Feng wrote:
>>>> >> > > On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 20:15:20 +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>>> >> > > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 12:26:32AM +0800, Hal Feng wrote:
>>>> >> > > Please see the picture of these external clocks in clock tree.
>>>> >> > > 
>>>> >> > > # mount -t debugfs none /mnt
>>>> >> > > # cat /mnt/clk/clk_summary
>>>> >> > >                                  enable  prepare  protect                                duty  hardware
>>>> >> > >    clock                          count    count    count        rate   accuracy phase  cycle    enable
>>>> >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> >> > >  *mclk_ext*                             0        0        0    12288000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *tdm_ext*                              0        0        0    49152000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *i2srx_lrck_ext*                       0        0        0      192000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *i2srx_bclk_ext*                       0        0        0    12288000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *i2stx_lrck_ext*                       0        0        0      192000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *i2stx_bclk_ext*                       0        0        0    12288000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *gmac1_rgmii_rxin*                     0        0        0   125000000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >     gmac1_rx                          0        0        0   125000000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >        gmac1_rx_inv                   0        0        0   125000000          0   180  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *gmac1_rmii_refin*                     0        0        0    50000000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >     gmac1_rmii_rtx                    0        0        0    50000000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >        gmac1_tx                       0        0        0    50000000          0     0  50000         N
>>>> >> > >           gmac1_tx_inv                0        0        0    50000000          0   180  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  *osc*                                  4        4        0    24000000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >     apb_func                          0        0        0    24000000          0     0  50000         Y
>>>> >> > >  ...
>>>> >> > > 
>>>> >> > > The clock "gmac1_rgmii_rxin" and the clock "gmac1_rmii_refin" are
>>>> >> > > actually used as the parent of other clocks.
>>>> >> > 
>>>> >> > > The "dummy" clocks
>>>> >> > > you said are all internal clocks.
>>>> >> > 
>>>> >> > No, what I meant by "dummy" clocks is that if you make clocks "required"
>>>> >> > in the binding that are not needed by the hardware for operation a
>>>> >> > customer of yours might have to add "dummy" clocks to their devicetree
>>>> >> > to pass dtbs_check.
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> They can set the phandle specifier to '<0>' to fill in the required
>>>> >> property when there isn't anything there. If this is inside an SoC, it
>>>> >> is always connected because silicon can't change after it is made
>>>> >> (unless this is an FPGA). Therefore, any and all input clocks should be
>>>> >> listed as required.
>>>> > 
>>>> >> If the clk controller has inputs that are
>>>> >> pads/balls/pins on the SoC then they can be optional if a valid design
>>>> >> can leave those pins not connected.
>>>> > 
>>>> > From the discussion on the dts patches, where the clocks have been put
>>>> > (intentionally) into board.dts, I've been under the impression that we
>>>> > are in this situation.
>>>> 
>>>> For the system (sys) clock controller, we are in this situation.
>>>> For the always-on (aon) clock controller, we are not, because some input
>>>> clocks are inside the SoC.
>>>> 
>>>> > Up to Hal to tell us if the hardware is capable of having those inputs
>>>> > left unfilled!
>>>> 
>>>> The situation is different for v1.2A and v1.3B boards.
>>>> 
>>>> For the v1.2A board,
>>>> gmac1 only requires "gmac1_rmii_refin", which support 100MHz
>>>> gmac0 only requires "gmac0_rgmii_rxin", which support 1000MHz
>>>> 
>>>> For the v1.3B board,
>>>> gmac1 only requires "gmac1_rgmii_rxin", which support 1000MHz
>>>> gmac0 only requires "gmac0_rgmii_rxin", which support 1000MHz
>>>> 
>>>> So we should set the "required" property depending on different
>>>> boards.
>>> 
>>> These were Krzk's suggestions:
>>> oneOf:
>>>  - clock-names:
>>>      minItems: 3
>>>      items:
>>>        - a
>>>        - b
>>>        - c
>>>        - d
>>>  - clock-names:
>>>      items:
>>>        - a
>>>        - b
>>>        - d
>>> 
>>> or maybe:
>>>  - clock-names:
>>>      minItems: 3
>>>      items:
>>>        - a
>>>        - b
>>>        - enum: [c, d]
>>>        - d
>>> 
>>> Might be making a mess here, but I think that becomes:
>>>   clock-names:
>>>     oneOf:
>>>       - items:
>>>           - const: osc
>>>           - enum:
>>>               - gmac1_rmii_refin
>>>               - gmac1_rgmii_rxin
>>>           - const: i2stx_bclk_ext
>>>           - const: i2stx_lrck_ext
>>>           - const: i2srx_bclk_ext
>>>           - const: i2srx_lrck_ext
>>>           - const: tdm_ext
>>>           - const: mclk_ext
>>> 
>>>       - items:
>>>           - const: osc
>>>           - const: gmac1_rmii_refin
>>>           - const: gmac1_rgmii_rxin
>>>           - const: i2stx_bclk_ext
>>>           - const: i2stx_lrck_ext
>>>           - const: i2srx_bclk_ext
>>>           - const: i2srx_lrck_ext
>>>           - const: tdm_ext
>>>           - const: mclk_ext
>>
>>Will modify it and improve the description of clock items for
>>pointing out which clock is required on different boards.
> 
> I don't think you need to mention the boards in it.

Got it. Thanks.

Best regards,
Hal

> 
>>Thank you all for your helpful suggestions.




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