linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: stm32h7: Add stm32h743 clock driver

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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

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

Message-ID: <7a8082a9-e62c-0120-e680-bef63eb892ae@st.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:56:16 +0200
From:   Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...com>
To:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
CC:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>, <andrea.merello@...il.com>,
        <radoslaw.pietrzyk@...il.com>, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        <ludovic.barre@...com>, <olivier.bideau@...com>,
        <amelie.delaunay@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: stm32h7: Add stm32h743 clock driver

Hi Stephen

Sorry for delay i was on sick live

On 04/07/2017 09:51 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 04/06, Gabriel Fernandez wrote:
>> On 04/06/2017 12:32 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>> On 03/15, gabriel.fernandez@...com wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32h7-rcc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32h7-rcc.txt
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..9d4b587
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32h7-rcc.txt
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
>>>> +
>>>> +	rcc: rcc@...24400 {
>>>> +		#reset-cells = <1>;
>>>> +		#clock-cells = <2>
>>>> +		compatible = "st,stm32h743-rcc", "st,stm32-rcc";
>>>> +		reg = <0x58024400 0x400>;
>>>> +		clocks = <&clk_hse>, <&clk_lse>, <&clk_i2s_ckin>;
>>>> +
>>>> +		st,syscfg = <&pwrcfg>;
>>>> +
>>>> +		#address-cells = <1>;
>>>> +		#size-cells = <0>;
>>>> +
>>>> +		vco1@...24430 {
>>>> +			#clock-cells = <0>;
>>>> +			compatible = "stm32,pll";
>>>> +			reg = <0>;
>>> reg is super confusing and doesn't match unit address.
>> ok i fixed it in the v2
>>
>>>> +		};
>>> Why? Shouldn't we know this from the compatible string how many
>>> PLLs there are and where they're located? Export the PLLs through
>>> rcc node's clock-cells?
>>>
>> Because i need to offer the possibility to change the PLL VCO
>> frequencies at the start-up of this driver clock.
>> The VCO algorithm needs a division factor, a multiplication factor
>> and a fractional factor.
>> Lot's of solution are possible for one frequency and it's nightmare
>> to satisfy the 3 output dividers of the PLL.
> Sure, but do we need to configure that on a per-board basis or a
> per-SoC basis? If it's just some configuration, I wonder why we
> don't put that into the driver and base it off some compatible
> string that includes the SoC the device is for.
>
I prefer to let in first, the responsibility of the boot loader to 
change VCO parameters.
Then i propose a new version without DT configuration of PLL's
are you ok for that ?

best regards

Gabriel



To simply