Hi,

Subject changed to "Re: [*RFC* PATCH 5/6] ARM: OMAP3+: ABB: introduce ABB driver"

On 03/29/2013 12:35 AM, Nishanth Menon wrote:

- ti internal list which got into the git send-email by error. Apologies on the bounces which might have resulted... On 14:27-20130328, Mike Turquette wrote:

Quoting Andrii Tseglytskyi (2013-03-28 10:16:07)
From: "Andrii.Tseglytskyi"<andrii.tseglyts...@ti.com>
Ownership of ABB driver patch probably still belongs to Mike as the original
author of the code and working out all the details to entitle ABB on OMAP
platforms

Agreed with Mike to keep mine ownership of patch series, and mention that Mike is an author of idea and architecture of ABB driver.

[..]
You should probably post this as an RFC.  It remains to be seen if using
the clk rate-change notifiers will be the mechanism for scaling voltage
in The Future.  This patch is helpful for the purposes of that
discussion but shouldn't be merged until there is more consensus.
I agree. + include linux-arm-kernel and lkml in CC on the next *public*
revision .

Agree.


[..]
+/*
+ * struct omap_abb_data - common data for each instance of ABB ldo
+ *
+ * @opp_sel_mask:      selects Fast/Nominal/Slow OPP for ABB
+ * @opp_change_mask:   selects OPP_CHANGE bit value
+ * @sr2_wtcnt_value_mask: LDO settling time for active-mode OPP change
+ * @sr2en_mask:                        enables/disables ABB
+ * @fbb_sel_mask:              selects FBB mode
+ * @rbb_sel_mask:              selects RBB mode
+ * @settling_time: IRQ handle used to resolve IRQSTATUS offset & masks
+ * @clock_cycles:      value needed for LDO setting time calculation
+ * @setup_offs:                PRM_LDO_ABB_XXX_SETUP register offset
+ * @control_offs:      PRM_LDO_ABB_IVA_CTRL register offset
Can you align all of these?
We should check up on AM and DM series as well - if the bit offsets are
precisely the same, we could stick with macros instead of having the
masks and register offsets in a device specific manner.

These offsets are the same for OMAP3/4/5. I see two options here.
1) Use macro to define offsets and continue storing them in "struct omap_abb_data" 2) Use macro definitions directly in the driver code and remove mentioned fields from "struct omap_abb_data"

[..]
+/**
+ * omap_abb_readl() - reads ABB control memory
+ * @abb:       pointer to the abb instance
+ * @offs:      offset to read
+ *
+ * Returns @offs value
+ */
+static u32 omap_abb_readl(struct omap_abb *abb, u32 offs)
+{
+       return __raw_readl(abb->control + offs);
+}
readl instead of __raw_readl?
Ack. readl/writel should be used..

Ack. readl/writel to be used.

+/**
+ * omap_abb_clock_rate_change() - ABB clock notifier callback
+ * @nb:                notifier block
+ * @flags:     notifier event type
+ * @data:      notifier data, contains clock rates
+ *
+ * Returns NOTIFY_OK
+ */
+static int omap_abb_clock_rate_change(struct notifier_block *nb,
+                                     unsigned long flags, void *data)
+{
+       struct clk_notifier_data *cnd = data;
+ struct omap_abb *abb = container_of(nb, struct omap_abb, abb_clk_nb);
+
+       switch (flags) {
+       case PRE_RATE_CHANGE:
+               omap_abb_pre_scale(abb, cnd->old_rate, cnd->new_rate);
+               break;
+       case POST_RATE_CHANGE:
+               omap_abb_post_scale(abb, cnd->old_rate, cnd->new_rate);
+               break;
+       }
+
+       return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
How does this synchronize with the VC/VP voltage transition? Ordering
is important here and if the clk rate-change notifiers are used for both
a VP force update and for an FBB transition there is no guarantee of the
ordering.
I need to dig into this series deeper, but the requirement is as
follows:
Actual voltage change may occur with vc/vp - OMAP3,4,5 OR with i2c1- AM
series or the upcoming DRA SoCs, intent is to model the vc-vp->pmic as
regulators (some internal patches circulate for this, but not mature enough
to be send out in a public list yet)

Key however is:
* if we do as clock notifiers(as this series attempts I believe), we'd get ABB
settings around clock change boundary.
Alternative might be to do it around voltage change - we could, in
theory:
a) make an omap voltage regulator and provide notifier around the same
and hook ABB to it. the omap voltage regulator will in turn call the
appropriate voltage regulator (modelled from a regulator that controls
an PMIC over i2c1 OR over vc-vp regulator)
b) make ABB as an regulator by itself?
c) how might this work if we have DVFS capability in CCF itself[1]? it
might be better to have it as notifiers to regulator (the pseudo
omap-voltage regulator perhaps?)

[1] CCF DVFS patches:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2195431/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2195421/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2195451/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2195441/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2195461/


In case if VC/VP use clock notifier to scale voltage, there is no guarantee of order. The only option which I see is to create ABB API and call it from OMAP regulator during OPP change.

omap_abb_pre_scale(struct omap_abb *abb, u32 old_volt, u32 new_volt);
omap_abb_post_scale(struct omap_abb *abb, u32 old_volt, u32 new_volt);

Mike, do you agree to proceed in this way? Also I need you opinion about files placement. Now it is placed in

*drivers/power/avs/abb.c*

And header will be added to
*include/linux/power/abb.h*

Regards,
Andrii

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