netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/6] stmmac: Define MDC clock selection macros.

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Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:00:18 +0530
From:	deepaksi <deepak.sikri@...com>
To:	Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Cc:	spear-devel <spear-devel@...t.st.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] stmmac: Define MDC clock selection macros.




On 3/7/2012 12:49 PM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO wrote:
> On 3/7/2012 7:55 AM, Deepak SIKRI wrote:
>> Hello Peppe,
>>
>>> I have some concerns about this patch.
>>>
>>> We want to have some defines to help on setting the clk_csr (that is is
>>> a clk divisor).
>>>
>>> When you program the "CSR Clock Range" bits in the GMII Address Register
>>> you can also set the bit 5 (not supported in older devices e.g. 3.41a).
>>> In this case, the defines below do not cover all the cases, I mean:
>>>
>>> 1000 clk_csr_i/4
>>> 1001 clk_csr_i/6
>>> 1010 clk_csr_i/8
>>> 1011 clk_csr_i/10
>>> 1100 clk_csr_i/12
>>> 1101 clk_csr_i/14
>>> 1110 clk_csr_i/16
>>> 1111 clk_csr_i/18
>> I agree that these macros have been missed. But lets take the change
>> suggested as a separate patch,
>> as this would then be integrated along with the driver.
>> The driver by default is considering the 2.5MHz MDIO clock option only.
>> In this case we require an extra
>> variable to differentiate specification which is higher than IEEE spec
>> of 2.5MHz.
> ok, we will have them in a another patch. At any rate, I ask you to add
> a FIXME in the code and detail this issue in the patch comment.

Sure, I will do the need full.

>>>> +/* MDC Clock Selection define*/
>>>> +#define    STMMAC_CLK_RANGE_60_100M    0    /* MDC = Clk/42 */
>>>> +#define    STMMAC_CLK_RANGE_100_150M    1    /* MDC = Clk/62 */
>>>> +#define    STMMAC_CLK_RANGE_20_35M        2    /* MDC = Clk/16 */
>>>> +#define    STMMAC_CLK_RANGE_35_60M        3    /* MDC = Clk/26 */
>>>> +#define    STMMAC_CLK_RANGE_150_250M    4    /* MDC = Clk/102 */
>>>> +#define    STMMAC_CLK_RANGE_250_300M    5    /* MDC = Clk/122 */
>>> I suggest you to rename these macros as:
>>>
>>> #define STMMAC_CSR_60_100M    0    /* MDC = Clk/42 */
>>> ...
>> Ok
>>
>>> Also, macros CSR_F_20M should be totally removed.
>> ok
>>
>>> Peppe
>>>
>>>> +
>>>>    /* Platfrom data for platform device structure's platform_data
>>>> field */
>>>>
>>>>    struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data {
>> Regards
>> Deepak
>>

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