Re: [PATCH] spi: bcm63xx-hsspi: Really keep pll clk enabled

From: Mark Brown
Date: Mon Mar 02 2020 - 07:39:04 EST


On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 10:38:38PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:

> To be honest, I don't see why we need to keep pll clk, or hsspi clk
> enabled during the lifetime of the driver. My understanding of the code is
> that it is only used to get the 'speed_hz' value in the probe function.
> This value is never refreshed afterwards.
> I don't see the point in enabling/disabling the clks. I think that they
> both could be disabled in the probe function, without the need to keep
> track in the bcm63xx_hsspi structure, neither during pm cycles or the
> remove fucntion.

If the device has a clock there's a good chance it's needed for the
device to operate and that disabling it will save a little power when
the device isn't doing anything.

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