linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] clk: add DT support for clock gating control

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <50032BF6.9000704@landley.net>
Date:	Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:45:42 -0500
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Sebastian Hesselbarh <sebastian.hesselbarth@...glemail.com>
CC:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] clk: add DT support for clock gating control

I believe clock anything is Thomas Gleixner, just making sure he's seen
it...

Rob

On 07/13/2012 04:42 AM, Sebastian Hesselbarh wrote:
> On 07/13/2012 05:19 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
>> What's implemented in Linux should not define the binding. The binding
>> should describe the hardware.
>> [...]
>> True, but not your problem to implement. A binding doesn't necessarily
>> mean there is a full Linux implementation. We just don't want to create
>> something only to find others need something completely different.
> 
> Ok, what about a DT describing the following for a simple register-based
> clock gating controller and the corresponding gated-clock independent of
> the controller. I am sure there are a bunch of SoCs out there that
> control their clock gates by writing some bits to a register. If that
> DT description matches your expectations, I ll prepare patches with
> documentation and implementation for common clock framework.
> 
> Sebastian
> 
> -- 
>  /* Simple clock gating controller based on bitmasks and register */
> cgc: clock-gating-control@...00000 {
>   compatible = "clock-gating-control-register";
>   reg = <0xf1000000 0x4>;
> 
>   /* Clock gating control with one bit at bit position 0
>      enable with (1<<0), disable with (0<<0) */
>   cgctrl_usb0: cgc_usb0 {
>     clock-gating-control,shift = <0>;
>     clock-gating-control,mask = <1>;
>     clock-gating-control,enable = <1>;
>     clock-gating-control,disable = <0>;
>   };
> 
>   /* Clock gating control with two bits at bit position 1-2
>      enable with (2<<1), disable with (0<<1) */
>   cgctrl_sata: cgc_sata {
>     clock-gating-control,shift = <1>;
>     clock-gating-control,mask = <3>;
>     clock-gating-control,enable = <2>;
>     clock-gating-control,disable = <0>;
>   };
> };
> 
> /* Generic clock gate description that can be used with
>    any clock gating controller */
> cg_usb0: clockgate@0 {
>   compatible = "gated-clock";
>   #clock-cells = <0>;
>   clocks = <&osc>;
>   clock-gate-control = <&cgctrl_usb0>;
> };
> 


-- 
GNU/Linux isn't: Linux=GPLv2, GNU=GPLv3+, they can't share code.
Either it's "mere aggregation", or a license violation.  Pick one.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/