Re: [PATCH v1 35/45] clk: mediatek: Split MT8195 clock drivers and allow module build

[AngeloGioacchino Del Regno]

Il 08/02/23 09:28, Chen-Yu Tsai ha scritto:
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 11:30 PM AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
> <angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > MT8195 clock drivers were encapsulated in one single (and big) Kconfig
> > option: there's no reason to do that, as it is totally unnecessary to
> > build in all or none of them.
> >
> > Split them out: keep boot-critical clocks as bool and allow choosing
> > non critical clocks as tristate.
>
> The power domain controller references vppsys*, vdecsys*, vdosys*, wpesys,
> imgsys and camsys. I'd argue that this makes these clock drivers
> semi-boot-critical. Maybe mfgcfg as well when we add the GPU?

You don't need to power on additional power domains if you want to load modules
from a ramdisk! :-)

Besides, you caught me: mtk-pm-domains will be my next target after clocks...
I don't like how it behaves in regard to probe deferrals. Specifically,
I dislike the fact that you either register *all domains* or *none at all*
(unless instantiating two different driver instances and that's ugly).


Angelo

> They should be bundled together at the very least. The power domain
> controller not probing disables all display and multimedia capabilities.
>
> Also wondering if we should have "default COMMON_CLK_MT8195" ...
>
> I suppose the same questions apply to other SoCs.
>
> ChenYu