On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 04:09:31PM -0700, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:43 PM, James Hogan <james.ho...@imgtec.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 03:16:23PM -0700, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> >> Hi James,
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:01 PM, James Hogan <james.ho...@imgtec.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Andrew,
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> >> >> Add a binding document for the USB2.0 PHY found on the IMG Pistachio 
> >> >> SoC.
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abres...@chromium.org>
> >> >> Cc: Rob Herring <robh...@kernel.org>
> >> >> Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.m...@arm.com>
> >> >> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutl...@arm.com>
> >> >> Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc+devicet...@hellion.org.uk>
> >> >> Cc: Kumar Gala <ga...@codeaurora.org>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> No changes from v1.
> >> >> ---
> >> >>  .../devicetree/bindings/phy/pistachio-usb-phy.txt  | 29 
> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> >>  include/dt-bindings/phy/phy-pistachio-usb.h        | 16 ++++++++++++
> >> >>  2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
> >> >>  create mode 100644 
> >> >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/pistachio-usb-phy.txt
> >> >>  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/phy/phy-pistachio-usb.h
> >> >>
> >> >> diff --git 
> >> >> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/pistachio-usb-phy.txt 
> >> >> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/pistachio-usb-phy.txt
> >> >> new file mode 100644
> >> >> index 0000000..afbc7e2
> >> >> --- /dev/null
> >> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/pistachio-usb-phy.txt
> >> >> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> >> >> +IMG Pistachio USB PHY
> >> >> +=====================
> >> >> +
> >> >> +Required properties:
> >> >> +--------------------
> >> >> + - compatible: Must be "img,pistachio-usb-phy".
> >> >> + - #phy-cells: Must be 0.  See ./phy-bindings.txt for details.
> >> >> + - clocks: Must contain an entry for each entry in clock-names.
> >> >> +   See ../clock/clock-bindings.txt for details.
> >> >> + - clock-names: Must include "usb_phy".
> >> >> + - img,cr-top: Must constain a phandle to the CR_TOP syscon node.
> >> >> + - img,refclk: Indicates the reference clock source for the USB PHY.
> >> >> +   See <dt-bindings/phy/phy-pistachio-usb.h> for a list of valid 
> >> >> values.
> >> >
> >> > Possibly dumb question: why isn't the reference clock source specified
> >> > in the normal ways like the "usb_phy" clock is?
> >> >
> >> > Does the value required here depend on what usb_phy clock gets muxed
> >> > from or something?
> >>
> >> Right, the value indicates what clock "usb_phy" is: whether it comes
> >> from the core clock controller, the XO crystal, or is some external
> >> clock.  It's a mux internal to the PHY.
> >
> > Okay. If its a software controllable mux, is there a particular reason
> > the DT doesn't describe it as such, i.e. have all 3 clock inputs, and
> > the driver somehow work out which to use?
> 
> Well, I'm not sure how the driver would determine which clock to use
> without a device-tree property like the one I've got here :).  Also,

Does it make sense to just look for the "best" usable source clock based
on the supported rates listed in fsel_rate_map[] (for some definition of
"best" such as "fastest" / "slowest" / "first usable"), or are things
just not that simple?

I'm just wondering how the DT writer would decide, since it seems to
come down to a policy decision rather than a description of the
hardware, which should probably be avoided in DT bindings if possible.

If it really can't be avoided, then fair enough.

Cheers
James

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