Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dt: bindings: TI WiLink modules

[Luciano Coelho]

Hi Tony,

On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 23:24 -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Luciano Coelho <coelho@xxxxxx> [130625 12:43]:
> > On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 11:35 +0300, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> > > Add device tree bindings documentation for the TI WiLink modules.
> > > Currently only the WLAN part of the WiLink6, WiLink7 and WiLink8
> > > modules is supported.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@xxxxxx>
> > > ---

[...]

> > > +Optional properties:
> > > +--------------------
> > > +
> > > +- refclock: the internal WLAN reference clock frequency (required for
> > > +  WiLink6 and WiLink7; not used for WiLink8).  Must be one of the
> > > +  following:
> > > +	0 = 19.2 MHz
> > > +	1 = 26.0 MHz
> > > +	2 = 38.4 MHz
> > > +	3 = 52.0 MHz
> > > +	4 = 38.4 MHz, XTAL
> > > +	5 = 26.0 MHz, XTAL
> 
> This is just the omap refclock, right? If so, you can just pass the
> standard clock phandle. I know we don't yet have the DT clocks merged,
> but Tero just posted another revision of those.

This is an internal clock.  This clock is part of the module that
contains the WiLink chip.  It is not associated with the clocks in the
main board (OMAP).


> > > +- tcxoclock: the internal WLAN TCXO clock frequency (required for
> > > +  WiLink7 not used for WiLink6 and WiLink8).  Must be one of the
> > > +  following:
> > > +	0 = 19.200 MHz
> > > +	1 = 26.000 MHz
> > > +	2 = 38.400 MHz
> > > +	3 = 52.000 MHz
> > > +	4 = 16.368 MHz
> > > +	5 = 32.736 MHz
> > > +	6 = 16.800 MHz
> > > +	7 = 33.600 MHz
> 
> Where does this clock come from? Maybe this can be set based on the
> compatible value if it's completely internal?

This is also a completely internal clock.  My "compatible" values are
based on the WiLink chip itself, not in the module that contains the
chip.  There are several modules and they are the ones that specify the
clock frequencies.  This data I'm passing here is just to tell the
WiLink chip which frequencies the module uses.

My driver is for the WiLink chip itself, not to the module (in theory).
So I think having the WiLink values as bindings would be more generic
than having to specify values for each available module (eg.
"lsr-research,tiwi-ble") and mapping those values to specific
frequencies in the driver.

 
> > If this is okay for everyone, can I push this via my tree (which goes to
> > linux-wireless->net->linus)? I think it makes more sense to send the
> > documentation together with the patch that actually implements the DT
> > node parsing in the driver.
> 
> If we can use the standard bindings, it might be worth waiting until
> we have the DT clocks available as we have the pdata workaround merged
> anyways. That's because then we don't need to support the custom
> binding later on ;)

I looked into Tero's patches and I considered using the generic clock
bindings, but I think it doesn't make sense in this case.  The thing is
that the module is not providing the clocks to the main board.  Neither
is the WiLink chip consuming clocks from the main board.

I thought about specifying clock providers and consumers to be used only
by the module and WiLink chip, but I think it's overkill.  And we would
also have to find a way to prevent the main clock framework from trying
to handle them.

So, my conclusion was that, even though these *are* clocks, from the
main board's perspective they're just specifications of what the module
looks like.

Does this make sense?

--
Cheers,
Luca.

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