On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:29:21 +0900, Jaehoon Chung <jh80.ch...@samsung.com> 
wrote:
> On 2010-06-18 오후 9:42, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:05:44 +0900, Jaehoon Chung <jh80.ch...@samsung.com> 
> > wrote:
> >> This patch is bug fixed..
> >> I think that host->ios.clock(initial clock) will be set lower than 400KHz.
> >> But in this code, if host->f_min is higher than 400KHz, print warning 
> >> message and set higher than 400KHz.
> >> And We use SDHCI_QUIRK_NONSTANDARD_CLOCK..so using get_min_clock function. 
> >> but didn't effect nothing through used get_min_clock function.
> > 
> > I'm a little confused. What problem are you fixing with this patch? What
> > issue are you seeing? SDHCI_QUIRK_NONSTANDARD_CLOCK is only for sdhci.
> > If this is the old "my card won't initialise at 400kHz" chestnut I don't
> > think a solution has ever been agreed upon. The problem was that while
> > some cards won't initialise at 400kHz, some controllers will try to
> > initialise at too low a frequency which causes other problems.
> > 
> > Sascha Hauer explains the reason for setting ios.clock to 400kHz here,
> > 
> >        http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/1/5/120
> > 
> > So I think your patch will cause problems.
> > 
> > Which driver are you using? The driver should have set the f_min value
> > to be <= 400kHz. Maybe it is a good idea to set the value of ios.clock
> > to 400kHz if the driver has set a bogus f_min value, we will at least
> > have a fighting chance of initialising the card (though I would say that
> > the driver was broken, but at least core.c will print a warning).
> > 
> 
> when ios.clock is higher than 400KHz, why not change 400KHz?(if 400KHz seemed 
> like good value)
> if clock value is higher than 400KHz, i think card can't initialize...maybe

I think this part of your patch is OK.

> when sdhci controller set f_min value(ie, 300KHz), clock changed 400KHz in 
> core.c.
> just this code purpose to print warning message?

Well, the purpose of the code is to set the clock to 400kHz if the value
of f_min is too low, as having a low value can cause some controllers to
break.
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