netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Add GMAC support for PX30

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:28:32 +0200
From:   Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
To:     David Wu <david.wu@...k-chips.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        huangtao@...k-chips.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Add GMAC support for PX30

Hi David,

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2018, 09:22:35 CEST schrieb David Wu:
> 在 2018年06月14日 16:30, Heiko Stübner 写道:
> > And someone could convert the driver to use the new clk-bulk APIs [0],
> > so the large number of clk_prepare_enable calls would be a bit
> > trimmed down.
> 
> Some clocks need special treatment at special cases, may not know which 
> index is we need at clk_bulk_data struct.
> 1. At rmii mode, need to use mac_ref, mac_refout; but at rgmii, they are 
> not needed.
> 2. At rgmii mode, rx is coming in from external source, there is no 
> gate, and it is coming from mac_ref_clk at rmii mode, there is gate.
> 3. clk_mac needs to be configured rate 50M or 125M.
> 4. mac_clk_speed needs to be configured at PX30 Soc and next Socs.
> 
> It looks like use the clk-bulk, will not be more flexible, and we still 
> keep the present. What do you think?

yeah, you're probably right. I just saw all these clk_prepare_enable calls
and didn't think enough about the config side ;-) .


Heiko