linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] clk: divider: fix selection of divider when rounding to closest

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Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:46:44 +0100
From:	Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@...com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
CC:	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] clk: divider: fix selection of divider when rounding
 to closest

Hello Uwe,

On 02/21/2015 11:40 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> It's an invalid approach to assume that among two divider values
> the one nearer the exact divider is the better one.
>
> Assume a parent rate of 1000 Hz, a divider with CLK_DIVIDER_POWER_OF_TWO
> and a target rate of 89 Hz. The exact divider is ~ 11.236 so 8 and 16
> are the candidates to choose from yielding rates 125 Hz and 62.5 Hz
> respectivly. While 8 is nearer to 11.236 than 16 is, the latter is still
> the better divider as 62.5 is nearer to 89 than 125 is.
>
> Fixes: 774b514390b1 (clk: divider: Add round to closest divider)
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>   drivers/clk/clk-divider.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

For this one too, you can add my:
Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@...com>

Thanks,
Maxime
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