Re: [RFC PATCH] clk: sunxi-ng: sun4i: Use CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT for mmc2 clock

From: Maxime Ripard
Date: Mon Feb 11 2019 - 10:34:11 EST


On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 02:35:52PM +0000, Priit Laes wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 04:52:27PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 10:03:09AM +0000, Priit Laes wrote:
> > > > > I'm concerned for other users of the PLL-PERIPH clock. AFAIK
> > > > > all of them, except the HRTIMER, expect the clock rate to stay
> > > > > the same and not change underneath them. And SATA expects it to
> > > > > be at 600 MHz, as the datasheet says. And while it may not directly
> > > > > apply to the LIME2, eMMC on newer SoCs / boards run at the slightly
> > > > > reduced rate of 50 MHz just fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > In the commit in question, clocks without CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT
> > > > > should be using the old code (now in the if conditional block),
> > > > > i.e. the behavior should not have changed.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think this actually "fixes" whatever bug was introduced,
> > > > > but only papers over the issue, and possible introduces further
> > > > > issues for other users.
> > > >
> > > > You're right, I've overlooked that it was pll-periph being
> > > > affected. I've dropped it for now.
> > >
> > > Any ideas what could be done. I currently have no time to debug it,
> > > but it affects existing systems.
> >
> > I can't find what would change with that commit either if the flag
> > isn't set, so looking at the register state before and after that
> > commit would help I guess?
>
> Register dump without the patch:
>
> $ busybox devmem 0x01c20090
> 0x0250030E
>
> pll-ddr-base 2 2 0 768000000 0 0 50000
> pll-ddr-other 1 1 0 768000000 0 0 50000
> mmc2 3 3 0 51200000 0 0 50000
>
> Register dump with patch applied, booted from mmc0 and after mounting emmc:
>
> $ busybox devmem 0x01c20090
> 0x8140020B
>
> pll-periph-base 3 3 0 1200000000 0 0 50000
> pll-periph 6 6 0 600000000 0 0 50000
> mmc2 3 3 0 50000000 0 0 50000

I meant the whole Clock controller, ideally a diff between the two
states would be great.

Maxime

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