linux-kernel - Re: [v3] x86/tsc: Unset TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and TSC

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:14:44 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        vipul kumar <vipulk0511@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Srikanth Krishnakar <Srikanth_Krishnakar@...tor.com>,
        Cedric Hombourger <Cedric_Hombourger@...tor.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Vipul Kumar <vipul_kumar@...tor.com>
Subject: Re: [v3] x86/tsc: Unset TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and TSC_RELIABLE flags on
 Intel Bay Trail SoC

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 02:21:40PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> On 29-01-2020 14:03, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:39:28PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> writes:

...

> > > Typical crystal frequencies are 19.2, 24 and 25Mhz.
> > 
> > Hans, I think Cherrytrail may be affected by this as the others.
> > CHT AFAIK uses 19.2MHz xtal.
> 
> Are you sure?

I'm not. I may mixed this with PMC clock.

> The first 5 entries of the CHT MSR_FSB_FREQ documentation exactly
> match those of the BYT documentation (which has only 5 entries),
> which suggests to me that CHT is also using a 25 MHz crystal.
> 
> I can also make the other CHT only frequencies when assuming a 25
> MHz crystal, here is a bit from the patch I'm working on for this:
> 
> /*
>  * Cherry Trail SDM MSR_FSB_FREQ frequencies to PLL settings map:
>  * 0000:   25 * 20 /  6  =  83.3333 MHz
>  * 0001:   25 *  4 /  1  = 100.0000 MHz
>  * 0010:   25 * 16 /  3  = 133.3333 MHz
>  * 0011:   25 * 28 /  6  = 116.6667 MHz
>  * 0100:   25 * 16 /  5  =  80.0000 MHz
>  * 0101:   25 * 56 / 15  =  93.3333 MHz
>  * 0110:   25 * 18 /  5  =  90.0000 MHz
>  * 0111:   25 * 32 /  9  =  88.8889 MHz
>  * 1000:   25 *  7 /  2  =  87.5000 MHz
>  */
> 
> The only one which is possibly suspicious here is this line:
> 
>  * 0111:   25 * 32 /  9  =  88.8889 MHz
> 
> The SDM says 88.9 MHz for this one.

Anyway it seems need to be fixed as well.

Btw, why we are mentioning 20 / 6 and 28 / 6 when arithmetically
it's the same as 10 / 3 and 14 / 3?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko