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From:   Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 08:59:58 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] Documentations: dt-bindings: Add a document of
 PECI adapter driver for Aspeed AST24xx/25xx SoCs
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Jae Hyun Yoo
<jae.hyun.yoo@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/2018 11:16 AM, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
>>
>> On 4/17/2018 6:16 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 6:12 PM, Jae Hyun Yoo
>>> <jae.hyun.yoo@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 4/16/2018 11:10 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 11:32:06AM -0700, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This commit adds a dt-bindings document of PECI adapter driver for
>>>>>> Aspeed
>>>>>> AST24xx/25xx SoCs.
>>>
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>>> +- clocks            : Should contain clock source for PECI
>>>>>> controller.
>>>>>> +                     Should reference clkin.
>>>>>> +- clock_frequency   : Should contain the operation frequency of PECI
>>>>>> controller
>>>>>> +                     in units of Hz.
>>>>>> +                     187500 ~ 24000000
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the frequency of the bus or used to derive it? It would be
>>>>> better to specify the bus frequency instead and have the driver
>>>>> calculate its internal freq. And then use "bus-frequency" instead.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree with you. Actually, it is being used for operation frequency
>>>> setting
>>>> of PECI controller module in SoC so it's different from the meaning of
>>>> "bus-frequency". I'll change it to "operation-frequency".
>>>
>>>
>>> No, now you've gone from a standard property name to something custom.
>>> Why do you need to set the frequency in DT if it is not related to the
>>> interface frequency?
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>
>> Actually, the interface frequency is affected by the operation frequency
>> but there is no description of its relationship in datasheet. I'll check
>> again about the detail to ASPEED chip vendor and will use
>> 'bus-frequency' if available.
>>
>
> I investigated it more deeply. Basically, by the spec, PECI bus speed
> cannot be set as a fixed speed. A PECI bus can have a wide speed range
> from 2Kbps to 2Mbps which is dynamically set by a handshaking sequence
> between an originator and clients called 'timing negotiation' in spec.
> This timing negotiation behavior happens on every single transaction so the
> bus speed also can vary on every transactions. So I'm thinking a custom
> property name for it, 'peci-clk-frequency' if it is acceptable.

Okay, seems bus-frequency is not appropriate here. So use
'clock-frequency' (note the '-' not '_' as that is the standard
property).

Rob