netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 3/3] ptp_ocp: implement DPLL ops

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Date:   Sun, 26 Jun 2022 20:28:34 +0100
From:   Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...ek.ru>
To:     Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...com>,
        Aya Levin <ayal@...dia.com>,
        Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 3/3] ptp_ocp: implement DPLL ops

On 24.06.2022 00:36, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:11:43AM +0100, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>> On 23.06.2022 19:28, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 03:57:17AM +0300, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>>>> From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...com>
>>>> +static int ptp_ocp_dpll_get_source_type(struct dpll_device *dpll, int sma)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct ptp_ocp *bp = (struct ptp_ocp *)dpll_priv(dpll);
>>>> +	int ret;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (bp->sma[sma].mode != SMA_MODE_IN)
>>>> +		return -1;
>>>> +
>>>> +	switch (ptp_ocp_sma_get(bp, sma)) {
>>>> +	case 0:
>>>> +		ret = DPLL_TYPE_EXT_10MHZ;
>>>> +		break;
>>>> +	case 1:
>>>> +	case 2:
>>>> +		ret = DPLL_TYPE_EXT_1PPS;
>>>> +		break;
>>>> +	default:
>>>> +		ret = DPLL_TYPE_INT_OSCILLATOR;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	return ret;
>>>> +}
>>>
>>> These case statements switch on private bits.  This needs to match
>>> on the selector name instead.
>>>
>>
>> Not sure that string comparison is a good idea. Maybe it's better to extend
>> struct ocp_selector with netlink type id and fill it according to hardware?
> 
> Sure, that could be an option.  But, as this is DPLL only, how does it
> handle things when a pin is used for non-clock IO?  In the timecard,
> for example, we have the frequency counters for input, and the frequency
> generators/VCC/GND for output.
> 
> Actually our HW has a multi-level input, where the DPLL selects its
> source from an internal mux - this isn't reflected here.  The external
> pins feed into some complex HW logic, which performs its own priority
> calculations before presenting the end result as an available selection
> for the DPLL.

I don't really know how to deal with such configuration. For now I simply added
CUSTOM type but I'm not sure how to deal it 'set' functions. Do you have any 
suggestions?