On 05/15/2014 12:15 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> Hi Nishanth,
> 
> On Wednesday 14 May 2014 09:04 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kis...@ti.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi Roger,
>>>
>>> On Wednesday 14 May 2014 06:46 PM, Roger Quadros wrote:
>>>> Hi Kishon,
>>>>
>>>> On 05/06/2014 04:33 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>>>> APLL used by PCIE phy can either use external clock as input or the clock
>>>>> from DPLL. Added support for the APLL to use external clock as input here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: Rajendra Nayak <rna...@ti.com>
>>>>> Cc: Tero Kristo <t-kri...@ti.com>
>>>>> Cc: Paul Walmsley <p...@pwsan.com>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kis...@ti.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt |    4 ++
>>>>>  drivers/phy/phy-ti-pipe3.c                       |   75 
>>>>> ++++++++++++++--------
>>>>>  2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt 
>>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt
>>>>> index bc9afb5..d50f8ee 100644
>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt
>>>>> @@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ Required properties:
>>>>>     * "dpll_ref_m2" - external dpll ref clk
>>>>>     * "phy-div" - divider for apll
>>>>>     * "div-clk" - apll clock
>>>>> +   * "apll_mux" - mux for pcie apll
>>>>> +   * "refclk_ext" - external reference clock for pcie apll
>>>>> + - ti,ext-clk: To specifiy if PCIE apll should use external clock. 
>>>>> Applicable
>>>>> +   only to PCIE PHY.
>>>>
>>>> Instead of specifying both clock sources "dpll_ref_clock", "refclk_ext" 
>>>> and then specifying a 3rd control option "ti,ext-clk" to select one of the 
>>>> 2 sources, why can't the DT just supply one clock source, i.e. the one 
>>>> that is being used in the board instance? The driver should then just 
>>>> configure the clock rate that is needed at that node. Shouldn't the clock 
>>>> framework automatically take care of muxing and parent rates?
>>>
>>> Want the dt to have all the clocks used by the controller. "ti,ext-clk" 
>>> should
>>> go in the board dt file (suggested by Nishanth).
>>> The point is at some point later if some one wants to change the clock 
>>> source,
>>> it should be a simple enabling "ti,ext-clk" flag instead of finding the 
>>> clock
>>> phandle etc..
>>
>> Wonder if that is implicit by the presence of  "refclk_ext" in the
>> clocks provided?
> 
> IMO the presence of "refclk_ext" is useless unless the board indicates it
> provides the clock source.
> 
> refclk_ext holds phandle for *fixed-clock*, so irrespective of whether the
> board provides a clock or not, it can have that handle for configuring in 
> PRCM.
> However if the board does not provide the clock source, configuring refclk_ext
> in PRCM is useless.

I think what Nishant meant is that if "refclk_ext" is provided it means that 
the driver
should use that over "dpll_ref_clock" so no need of a separate "ti,ext-clk" 
flag.

cheers,
-roger
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