Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] clk: qcom: Add display clock controller driver for SDM845

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Mon Jul 09 2018 - 03:37:28 EST


Quoting Taniya Das (2018-07-09 00:07:21)
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> On 7/9/2018 11:46 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >>
> >> > Why is the nocache flag needed? Applies to all clks in this file.
> >> >
> >>
> >> This flag is required for all RCGs whose PLLs are controlled outside the
> >> clock controller. The display code would require the recalculated rate
> >> always.
> >
> > Right. Why is the PLL controlled outside of the clock controller? The
> > rate should propagate upward to the PLL from here, so who's going
> > outside of that?
> >
> The DSI0/1 PLL are not part of the display clock controller, but in the
> display subsystem which are managed by the DRM drivers. When DRM drivers
> query for the rate clock driver should always return the non cached rates.

Why? Is the DSI PLL changing rate all the time, randomly, without going
through the clk APIs to do so?