Re: [PATCH v3 04/15] phy: tegra: xusb: tegra210: Do not reset UPHY PLL

[JC Kuo]

Asserting reset to a PLL when it's managed by hardware power sequencer would
break sequencer's state machine. Putting PLL in reset doesn't save some extra power.

Thanks for review.
JC

On 9/28/20 9:06 PM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 04:10:30PM +0800, JC Kuo wrote:
>> Once UPHY PLL hardware power sequencer is enabled, do not assert
>> reset to PEX/SATA PLLs, otherwise UPHY PLL operation will be broken.
>> This commit removes reset_control_assert(pcie->rst) and
>> reset_control_assert(sata->rst) from PEX/SATA UPHY disable procedure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: JC Kuo <jckuo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v3:
>>    new, was a part of "phy: tegra: xusb: Rearrange UPHY init on Tegra210"
>>
>>  drivers/phy/tegra/xusb-tegra210.c | 2 --
>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb-tegra210.c b/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb-tegra210.c
>> index f06e7bc7a51b..ef4bbcbed60b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb-tegra210.c
>> +++ b/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb-tegra210.c
>> @@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ static void tegra210_pex_uphy_disable(struct tegra_xusb_padctl *padctl)
>>  	if (--pcie->enable > 0)
>>  		goto unlock;
>>  
>> -	reset_control_assert(pcie->rst);
>>  	clk_disable_unprepare(pcie->pll);
>>  
>>  unlock:
>> @@ -746,7 +745,6 @@ static void tegra210_sata_uphy_disable(struct tegra_xusb_padctl *padctl)
>>  	if (--sata->enable > 0)
>>  		goto unlock;
>>  
>> -	reset_control_assert(sata->rst);
>>  	clk_disable_unprepare(sata->pll);
>>  
>>  unlock:
> 
> Does this mean that we can no longer reset these PLLs anymore? Is that
> safe? Would we ever need to reset them for recovery or similar? For
> power saving, is disabling the clock enough, or could we save some extra
> power by putting the PLLs into reset?
> 
> Thierry
>