Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759040Ab3GRN5Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:57:25 -0400 Received: from cam-admin0.cambridge.arm.com ([217.140.96.50]:35800 "EHLO cam-admin0.cambridge.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751394Ab3GRN5Y (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:57:24 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:56:50 +0100 From: Mark Rutland To: Jonas Jensen Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "arm@kernel.org" , "mturquette@linaro.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] clk: add MOXA ART SoCs clock driver Message-ID: <20130718135650.GD29153@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> References: <1372943292-6960-1-git-send-email-jonas.jensen@gmail.com> <1374067396-30155-1-git-send-email-jonas.jensen@gmail.com> <20130718095035.GA29153@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <20130718110201.GB29153@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2093 Lines: 59 On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:55:26PM +0100, Jonas Jensen wrote: > On 18 July 2013 13:02, Mark Rutland wrote: > > Ok. I'm just concerned that the linkage isn't explicit or obvious. > > > This does leave apb-clock completely dependent on core-clock, and unless > > I've missed something there's no linkage between the two described in > > the dt. > > I can add a description in the core-clock binding and also for > apb-clock pointing > out that it's set from core-clock. > > > How does core-clock physically relate to apb-clock? Does it feed or is > > it fed by apb-clock? > > apb-clock is entirely a DT construct used by drivers to get the fixed > rate 48MHz. > It's not fed by core-clock more than what happens in probe. > > For UC-7112-LX, drivers using apb-clock are: clocksource, MMC, watchdog > > Because clocksource relies on apb-clock, a successful probe of > core-clock is critical. > > Commonly, drivers look up the apb-clock node and call clk_get_rate. When you say look up the apb-clock node, I assume they find it via their clocks property with of_clk_get or similar, rather than scanning the tree for a "moxart,moxa-apb-clock" node specifically? > > > Are we always guaranteed to have core-clock if we have apb-clock, and is > > it part of the same block in hardware? If so we could describe the > > amalgamation as a provider with two clock outputs, with core-clock's > > registers for configuration at probe-time. > > Yes, as described above, there can not be a apb-clock without core-clock. > > > I think drivers could find and use core-clock instead. Maybe the abstraction > of apb-clock is unnecessary? Given the above, I think it would make more sense to have core-clock registered, and have it passed to the devices currently passed apb-clock. Thanks, Mark. > > > Best regards, > Jonas > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/