RE: [PATCH v1 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH8100 System clock generator driver

[JeeHeng Sia]

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> Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH8100 System clock generator driver
> 
> JeeHeng Sia wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2023 12:25 AM
> > > To: JeeHeng Sia <jeeheng.sia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; kernel@xxxxxxxx; conor@xxxxxxxxxx; robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > > krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@xxxxxxxxxx; paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx; palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx; aou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > mturquette@xxxxxxxxxxxx; sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx; p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; emil.renner.berthing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Hal Feng
> > > <hal.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Xingyu Wu <xingyu.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-clk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Leyfoon
> Tan
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> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH8100 System clock generator driver
> > >
> > > Sia Jee Heng wrote:
> > > > Add support for JH8100 System clock generator.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sia Jee Heng <jeeheng.sia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Ley Foon Tan <leyfoon.tan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  MAINTAINERS                                   |   8 +
> > > >  drivers/clk/starfive/Kconfig                  |   9 +
> > > >  drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile                 |   1 +
> > > >  drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-common.h    |   9 +-
> > > >  drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/Makefile          |   3 +
> > > >  .../clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-starfive-jh8100.h |  11 +
> > > >  drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-sys.c         | 455 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  7 files changed, 495 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/Makefile
> > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-starfive-jh8100.h
> > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-sys.c
> ...
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile b/drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile
> > > > index 012f7ee83f8e..6cb3ce823330 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile
> > > > @@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_AON)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-aon.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_STG)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-stg.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_ISP)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-isp.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_VOUT)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-vout.o
> > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH8100_SYS)	+= jh8100/
> > >
> > > I don't really see why do you need a special subdirectory for the JH8100? The
> > > JH7110 drivers do fine without it.
> > Each subfolder can represent a different platform, making it easier to
> > locate and maintain platform-specific code. Since the code is expected
> > to grow in the future, let's start organizing it in a folder-based structure
> > for easier maintenance at a later stage.
> 
> Yes, but that's not what you're doing here. You're making just one of the 3
> almost identical drivers be different for no good reason.
> 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-common.h b/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-common.h
> > > > index fed45311360c..ec30af0658cf 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-common.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-common.h
> > > > @@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ struct starfive_clk_data {
> > > >  	.parents = { [0] = _parent },						\
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > +#define STARFIVE_GINV(_idx, _name, _flags, _parent)[_idx] = {			\
> > > > +	.name = _name,								\
> > > > +	.flags = _flags,							\
> > > > +	.max = STARFIVE_CLK_ENABLE | STARFIVE_CLK_INVERT,			\
> > > > +	.parents = { [0] = _parent },						\
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > >  struct starfive_clk {
> > > >  	struct clk_hw hw;
> > > >  	unsigned int idx;
> > > > @@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ struct starfive_clk_priv {
> > > >  	spinlock_t rmw_lock;
> > > >  	struct device *dev;
> > > >  	void __iomem *base;
> > > > -	struct clk_hw *pll[3];
> > > > +	struct clk_hw *pll[8];
> > >
> > > These extra slots are just used for fixed factor dummy PLLs right now, similar
> > > to how the JH7110 first used them and later had to rework drivers and device
> > > trees for the proper PLL driver.
> > Yes, its intention is similar to JH8100. We will submit other clock
> > domains and PLL at later stage but not so soon.
> > >
> > > This time around I'd much rather you work on getting the PLL driver in first,
> > > so we don't need all that churn.
> > I am sorry but we started development on FPGA. Unfortunately, the PLL driver
> > and other domains are planned to be finished at a later stage. I have tried
> > to minimize the churn as much as possible.
> 
> It's awesome that you're beginning upstreaming early, but if you don't have
> this in silicon yet, how do you even know that this driver works?
> 
> If you're just using this for testing on FPGAs you can create dummy fixed
> clocks in the device tree for the PLLs that this driver can consume.  Then
> later when you have a PLL driver you can replace those fixed clocks with the
> output of that driver.
The PLL fixed clocks were created in the C code. I interpret this message
as a suggestion to create a PLL fixed clock in the DT?
> 
> /Emil