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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,qmp: Add PCIe
 qcom,refclk-always-on property
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
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On 12/6/23 14:07, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 10:29:11PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 1.12.2023 14:25, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 01/12/2023 13:30, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
>>>>> What I said before:
>>>>> "Again, third time (once from Bjorn, once from Dmitry), rephrase
>>>>> property name and description to describe the hardware issue. I see
>>>>> description improved, but not the property name. Again in the end of
>>>>> description you say what Linux should do. Bindings do not describe Linux
>>>>> OS."
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You didn't answer my question:
>>>>
>>>> "I see a plenty of properties similar to this one instructing the OS to keep some
>>>> resource ON to workaround hardware issues. So they are all wrong?"
>>>
>>> They are not the best, but it all depends on the individual case.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you say they are wrong, why are they approved in the first place?
>>> Because we don't have time to keep digging what the driver is doing and
>>> what is claimed in DT. Some people don't even CC us on the driver.
>> Not sure if I asked this before, but can this not be set in the config
>> struct inside the driver?
>>
> 
> This cannot be the default config for any platform as keeping refclk always on
> will have some power penalty. Only if the hardware (EP or board design) has any
> issue, we can turn on this option.
So, if I'm reading this right, this concerns some but not all
8280 boards?

Konrad