netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/9] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: calc mult and shift from refclk freq

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:03:32 +0200
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, WingMan Kwok <w-kwok2@...com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: calc mult and shift from
 refclk freq

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:47:46PM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> As I understand (and tested), clocks_calc_mult_shift() will 
> return max possible mult which can be used without overflow.

Yes, BUT the returned values depends on the @maxsec input.  As the
kerneldec says,

 * Larger ranges may reduce the conversion accuracy by chosing smaller
 * mult and shift factors.

In addition to that, frequency tuning by calculating a percentage of
'mult', and if 'mult' is small, then the tuning resolution is poor.

So we don't want @maxsec as large as possible, but as small as
possible.

> if calculated results do not satisfy end user - the custom values can
> be passed in DT.  

If we calculate automatically, then the result had better well be
optimal or nearly so.  Otherwise, we should leave it as a manual input
via DTS, IMHO, so that someone is forced to check the values.

Thanks,
Richard