Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mtd: rawnand: denali_dt: add more clocks based on IP datasheet

From: Boris Brezillon
Date: Fri Jun 22 2018 - 07:43:08 EST


Hi Masahiro,

On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:28:11 +0200
Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Masahiro,
>
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:18:50 +0900
> Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > According to the Denali User's Guide, this IP needs three clocks:
> >
> > - clk: controller core clock
> >
> > - clk_x: bus interface clock
> >
> > - ecc_clk: clock at which ECC circuitry is run
> >
> > Currently, denali_dt.c requires a single anonymous clock and its
> > frequency. However, the driver needs to get the frequency of "clk_x"
> > not "clk". This is confusing because people tend to assume the
> > anonymous clock means the core clock. In fact, I got a report of
> > SOCFPGA breakage because the timing parameters are calculated based
> > on a wrong frequency.
> >
> > Instead of the cheesy implementation, the clocks in the real hardware
> > should be represented in the driver and the DT-binding.
> >
> > However, adding new clocks would break the existing platforms. For the
> > backward compatibility, the driver still accepts a single clock just as
> > before. If clk_x is missing, clk_x_rate is set to a hardcoded value.
> > This is fine for existing DT of Socionext UniPhier, and also fixes the
> > issue of Altera (Intel) SOCFPGA because both platforms use 200 MHz for
> > the bus interface clock.
> >
> > Fixes: 1bb88666775e ("mtd: nand: denali: handle timing parameters by setup_data_interface()")
>
> Sorry for changing my mind, but I think this patch is doing more than
> just fixing a bug. The bugfix should IMO be limited to unconditionally
> setting ->clk_x_rate to 200000000 since this is what was done before
> commit 1bb88666775e. And the remaining changes should go in nand/next.

Do you want me to write this patch? Note that I can't really take this
patch since Rob asked for a new version with DT bindings changes placed
in a separate patch.

Regards,

Boris