[PATCH v2 2/5] clk: amlogic: Improve the issue of PLL lock failures

Chuan Liu chuan.liu at amlogic.com
Thu Oct 30 02:09:07 PDT 2025


Hi Jerome,

On 10/30/2025 4:41 PM, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> [ EXTERNAL EMAIL ]
> 
> On Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 13:24, Chuan Liu via B4 Relay <devnull+chuan.liu.amlogic.com at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Chuan Liu <chuan.liu at amlogic.com>
>>
>> Due to factors such as temperature and process variations, the
>> internal circuits of the PLL may require a longer time to reach a
>> steady state, which can result in occasional lock failures on some
>> SoCs under low-temperature conditions.
>>
>> After enabling the PLL and releasing its reset, a 20 us delay is
>> added at each step to provide enough time for the internal PLL
>> circuit to stabilize, thus reducing the probability of PLL lock
>> failure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chuan Liu <chuan.liu at amlogic.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c b/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
>> index 629f6af18ea1..f81ebf6cc981 100644
>> --- a/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
>> +++ b/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
>> @@ -368,11 +368,16 @@ static int meson_clk_pll_enable(struct clk_hw *hw)
>>
>>        /* Enable the pll */
>>        meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->en, 1);
> 
> New line

Ok, fix it in the next version.

> 
>> +     /* Wait for Bandgap and LDO to power up and stabilize */
>> +     udelay(20);
>>
>>        /* Take the pll out reset */
>>        if (MESON_PARM_APPLICABLE(&pll->rst))
>>                meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->rst, 0);
>>
>> +     /* Wait for PLL loop stabilization */
>> +     udelay(20);
>> +
>>        /*
>>         * Compared with the previous SoCs, self-adaption current module
>>         * is newly added for A1, keep the new power-on sequence to enable the
> 
> --
> Jerome




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