Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] clk: vc5: Fix 5P49V6901 outputs disabling when enabling FOD

From: Sergey Shtylyov
Date: Fri Jun 10 2022 - 06:03:42 EST


On 6/10/22 10:21 AM, Serge Semin wrote:

> We have discovered random glitches during the system boot up procedure.
> The problem investigation led us to the weird outcomes: when none of the
> Renesas 5P49V6901 ports are explicitly enabled by the kernel driver, the
> glitches disappeared. It was a mystery since the SoC external clock
> domains were fed with different 5P49V6901 outputs. The driver code didn't
> seem like bogus either. We almost despaired to find out a root cause when
> the solution was found for a more modern revision of the chip. It turned
> out the 5P49V6901 clock generator stopped its output for a short period of
> time during the VC5_OUT_DIV_CONTROL register writing. The same problem has
> was found for the 5P49V6965 revision of the chip and the was successfully

s/was found/been found/, s/the was/that was/?

> fixed in commit fc336ae622df ("clk: vc5: fix output disabling when
> enabling a FOD") by enabling the "bypass_sync" flag hidden inside "Unused
> Factory Reserved Register". Even though the 5P49V6901 registers
> description and programming guide doesn't provide any intel regarding that
> flag, setting it up anyway in the officially unused register completely
> eliminated the denoted glitches. Thus let's activate the functionality
> submitted in commit fc336ae622df ("clk: vc5: fix output disabling when
> enabling a FOD") for the Renesas 5P49V6901 chip too in order to remove
> the ports implicit inter-dependency.
>
> Fixes: dbf6b16f5683 ("clk: vc5: Add support for IDT VersaClock 5P49V6901")
> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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MBR, Sergey