Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] clk: Hi3660: register fixed_rate_clks with CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER

From: Leo Yan
Date: Mon Jun 19 2017 - 20:09:29 EST


On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 04:36:55PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 05/22, Leo Yan wrote:
> > The timer will register into system at very early phase at kernel boot;
> > if timer needs to use clock, the clock should be get ready in function
> > of_clk_init() so later the timer driver probe can retrieve clock
> > successfully. This is finished in below flow on arm64:
> >
> > start_kernel()
> > `-> time_init()
> > `-> of_clk_init(NULL) => register timer's clock
> > `-> clocksource_probe() => register timer
> >
> > On Hi3660 the sp804 timer uses clock "osc32k", this clock is registered
> > as platform driver rather than CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER method. As result,
> > sp804 timer probe returns failure due if cannot bind clock properly.
> >
> > To fix the failure, this patch is to split crgctrl clocks into two
> > subsets. One part is for fixed_rate_clks which includes pre-defined
> > fixed rate clocks, and "osc32k" clock is in this category; So we change
> > their registration to CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER method, as result the clocks
> > can be registered ahead with function of_clk_init() and timer driver can
> > bind timer clock successfully; the rest of the crgctrl clocks are still
> > registered by the probe of the platform driver.
> >
> > This patch also adds checking for all crgctrl clocks registration and
> > print out log if any clock has failure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Applied to clk-next

Thanks!

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