Hi Nishant,

On Thursday 15 May 2014 05:16 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Roger Quadros <rog...@ti.com> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> yes, thank you for clarifying - it does indeed redundant to have
> "ti,ext-clk". and apologies on being a little obscure in the comment.

Irrespective of whether external reference clock is used or not, all DRA7
(apll) has an input for external reference clock (and also a PRCM register for
programming it) and it has to be specified in dt no?

Thanks
Kishon
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