linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 1/8] video: tegra: Add nvhost driver

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:53:58 +0100
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
To:	Terje Bergström <tbergstrom@...dia.com>
Cc:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/8] video: tegra: Add nvhost driver

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 08:54:32AM +0200, Terje Bergström wrote:
> On 29.11.2012 20:34, Stephen Warren wrote:
> > On 11/29/2012 03:21 AM, Terje Bergström wrote:
> >> True. I might also as well delete the general interrupt altogether, as
> >> we don't use it for any real purpose.
> > 
> > Do make sure the interrupts still are part of the DT binding though, so
> > that the binding fully describes the HW, and the interrupt is available
> > to retrieve if we ever do use it in the future.
> 
> Sure, I will just not use the generic irq in DT, but it won't require
> any changes in DT bindings.
> 
> > You can still create tables of clocks inside the driver and loop over
> > them. So, loop unrolling isn't related to my comments at least. It's
> > just that clk_get() shouldn't take its parameters from platform data.
> > 
> > But if these are clocks for (arbitrary) child modules (that may or may
> > not exist dynamically), why aren't the drivers for the child modules
> > managing them?
> 
> There are actually two things here that I mixed, and because of that I
> probably confused everybody else.
> 
> Let's rip out the ACM. ACM is generic to all modules, and in nvhost owns
> the clocks. That's why list of clocks and their frequency policies have
> been part of the device description in nvhost. ACM is being replaced
> with runtime PM in downstream kernel, but it still requires rigorous
> testing and analysis of power profile before we can move to it.
> 
> Then, the second thing is that nvhost_probe() has had its own loop to go
> through the clocks of host1x module. It's copy-paste of what ACM did,
> which is just bad design. That's easily replaceable with static code, as
> nvhost_probe() is just for host1x. I'll do that, and as I rip out the
> generic power management code, I'll also make 2D and host1x drivers
> enable the clocks at probe with static code.
> 
> So I think we have a solution that resonates with all proposals.

Yes, that sounds good to me.

Thierry

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