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From: s.hauer@pengutronix.de (Sascha Hauer)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:21:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] clk: mediatek: Allow changing PLL rate when it is off
In-Reply-To: <1452246533.31362.10.camel@mtksdaap41>
References: <1452240997-35316-1-git-send-email-jamesjj.liao@mediatek.com>
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Message-ID: <20160108112142.GF13058@pengutronix.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
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On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 05:48:53PM +0800, James Liao wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
> 
> On Fri, 2016-01-08 at 10:15 +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 04:16:37PM +0800, James Liao wrote:
> > > Some modules may need to change its clock rate before turn on it.
> > > So changing PLL's rate when it is off should be allowed.
> > > This patch removes PLL enabled check before set rate, so that
> > > PLLs can set new frequency even if they are off.
> > 
> > This sounds like the software refused to change the rate on disabled
> > PLLs, but this is not the case.
> 
> In fact the major change of this patch is trigger (set) CON0_PCW_CHG no
> matter PLL is on or not.
> 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: James Liao <jamesjj.liao@mediatek.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-pll.c | 9 ++-------
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-pll.c b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-pll.c
> > > index 966cab1..8e31fae 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-pll.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-pll.c
> > > @@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ static void mtk_pll_set_rate_regs(struct mtk_clk_pll *pll, u32 pcw,
> > >  		int postdiv)
> > >  {
> > >  	u32 con1, val;
> > > -	int pll_en;
> > > -
> > > -	pll_en = readl(pll->base_addr + REG_CON0) & CON0_BASE_EN;
> > >  
> > >  	/* set postdiv */
> > >  	val = readl(pll->pd_addr);
> > > @@ -114,15 +111,13 @@ static void mtk_pll_set_rate_regs(struct mtk_clk_pll *pll, u32 pcw,
> > >  
> > >  	con1 = readl(pll->base_addr + REG_CON1);
> > >  
> > > -	if (pll_en)
> > > -		con1 |= CON0_PCW_CHG;
> > > +	con1 |= CON0_PCW_CHG;
> > 
> > This bit is described as "Feedback divide ratio update". To me this
> > sounds like we have to inform the hardware that the PLL registers have
> > been updated. The current code only sets this bit when the PLL is
> > enabled which sounds sane to me.
> > 
> > >  
> > >  	writel(con1, pll->base_addr + REG_CON1);
> > >  	if (pll->tuner_addr)
> > >  		writel(con1 + 1, pll->tuner_addr);
> > >  
> > > -	if (pll_en)
> > > -		udelay(20);
> > > +	udelay(20);
> > 
> > We seem to have to wait here until the PLL is really running at the new
> > frequency. Normally we don't have to do this when the PLL is disabled.
> > 
> > I'm sure this patch solves a real problem, from looking at it it's just
> > not clear to me what the problem is. Could you clarify this a bit?
> 
> On MT8173 for example, ARMPLL's enable bit can be controlled by other
> HW. That means ARMPLL may be turned on even if we (CPU / SW) set
> ARMPLL's enable bit as 0. In this case, SW may want and can still change
> ARMPLL's rate by changing its pcw and postdiv settings. But without this
> patch, new pcw setting will not be applied because its enable bit is 0.

Ok, thanks for explaining. Could you add that to the commit message?

Sascha

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