Re: [PATCH 0/2] clk: Implement a clock request API

From: Maxime Ripard
Date: Fri Apr 30 2021 - 04:48:46 EST


Hi Mike, Stephen,

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 12:13:18PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a follow-up of the discussion here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-clk/20210319150355.xzw7ikwdaga2dwhv@gilmour/
>
> This implements a mechanism to raise and lower clock rates based on consumer
> workloads, with an example of such an implementation for the RaspberryPi4 HDMI
> controller.
>
> There's a couple of things worth discussing:
>
> - The name is in conflict with clk_request_rate, and even though it feels
> like the right name to me, we should probably avoid any confusion
>
> - The code so far implements a policy of always going for the lowest rate
> possible. While we don't have an use-case for something else, this should
> maybe be made more flexible?

Ping?

Maxime

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