[PATCH 2/3] clk: divider: fix selection of divider when rounding to closest

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at st.com
Mon Feb 23 01:46:44 PST 2015


Hello Uwe,

On 02/21/2015 11:40 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> It's an invalid approach to assume that among two divider values
> the one nearer the exact divider is the better one.
>
> Assume a parent rate of 1000 Hz, a divider with CLK_DIVIDER_POWER_OF_TWO
> and a target rate of 89 Hz. The exact divider is ~ 11.236 so 8 and 16
> are the candidates to choose from yielding rates 125 Hz and 62.5 Hz
> respectivly. While 8 is nearer to 11.236 than 16 is, the latter is still
> the better divider as 62.5 is nearer to 89 than 125 is.
>
> Fixes: 774b514390b1 (clk: divider: Add round to closest divider)
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>   drivers/clk/clk-divider.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

For this one too, you can add my:
Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at st.com>

Thanks,
Maxime



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