[PATCH v2 6/6] OMAP4: Clock: Correct the name of SLIMBUS interface clocks

Cousson, Benoit b-cousson at ti.com
Mon Oct 10 05:54:33 EDT 2011


Hi Jon,

On 10/8/2011 12:46 AM, Hunter, Jon wrote:
> Hi Benoit,
>
> On 10/7/2011 3:23, Cousson, Benoit wrote:
>> Hi Paul&  Jon,
>>
>> On 10/7/2011 3:42 AM, Paul Walmsley wrote:
>>> + Benoît
>>>
>>> On Fri, 16 Sep 2011, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Jon Hunter<jon-hunter at ti.com>
>>>>
>>>> Currently the interface clocks for the two SLIMBUS peripherals are
>>>> named slimbus1_fck and slimbus2_fck. Rename these clocks to be
>>>> slimbus1_ick and slimbus2_ick so it is clear that these are
>>>> interface clocks and not functional clocks.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jon Hunter<jon-hunter at ti.com>
>>>
>>> This one, I don't quite understand. We should probably be removing these
>>> MODULEMODE-only clocks from the OMAP4 tree, and using their parent clock
>>> as the main_clk. That would be a good cleanup for 3.3...
>>
>> Yes, but in order to remove that from the clock data we must ensure that
>> the hwmod entry is there.
>> I kept a lot of legacy MODULEMODE clocks just because of missing hwmod /
>> runtime_pm adaptation on some drivers.
>>
>> In the case of slimbus, there is no main_clk but a bunch of optional
>> clocks. It looks similar to the DSS case. So we should not use the
>> parent clock as a main_clk.
>>
>> We should probably promote one of the opt_clk as the main_clk. The
>> slimbus_clk seems to be the good candidate for both instances.
>>
>> static struct omap_hwmod_opt_clk slimbus1_opt_clks[] = {
>> { .role = "fclk_1", .clk = "slimbus1_fclk_1" },
>> { .role = "fclk_0", .clk = "slimbus1_fclk_0" },
>> { .role = "fclk_2", .clk = "slimbus1_fclk_2" },
>> { .role = "slimbus_clk", .clk = "slimbus1_slimbus_clk" },
>> };
>>
>> static struct omap_hwmod_opt_clk slimbus2_opt_clks[] = {
>> { .role = "fclk_1", .clk = "slimbus2_fclk_1" },
>> { .role = "fclk_0", .clk = "slimbus2_fclk_0" },
>> { .role = "slimbus_clk", .clk = "slimbus2_slimbus_clk" },
>> };
>>
>> Jon,
>> Do you know if that one is indeed mandatory to use the slimbus IP?
>
> Sorry, are you asking about the clocks I was re-naming or the
> slimbus_clk you are referring to above?

The clocks you are renaming should not exist at all, so I was referring 
to the real clocks that are all listed as optional clocks.

Usually we do need to have a main_clk in order to access the IP 
registers (at least the sysconfig). But for some IPs, the iclk can be 
enough.
If the interface clock is enough, then potentially that main clock is 
not mandatory. But if one functional clock is mandatory, then we have to 
figured out which one from the various optional functional clocks can be 
used as the main_clk.

> Looking at the clock tree tool, the slimbus_clk is the actual external
> slimbus clock that can be generated by OMAP or by an external device.
>
> The TRM states ...
>
> "Most of the SLIMbus module runs off two main clocks: the L4 interface
> clock for the data input and output registers, and the control and
> status control registers; and the SLIMbus clock, taken from the serial
> interface (CLK line) for the SLIMbus-side logic.
>
> The SLIMbus controller operates as clock source component (active
> framer), which drives the SLIMbus clock line CLK, or as clock receiver
> component, which gets its clock from the same CLK line."
>
> So, if you are operating as the clock source component on the bus then
> one of the optional clocks to drive the peripheral logic and if you are
> the clock receiver then you use slimbus_clk.

OK, so clearly, the slimbus_clk cannot be a main_clk. We have to check 
if the registers can be accessed only with the iclk.

Regards,
Benoit



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