Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] ethernet: add sun8i-emac driver

[Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>]

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Hi,

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 02:02:21PM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> > > +/* Set Management Data Clock, must be call after device reset */
> > > +static void sun8i_emac_set_mdc(struct net_device *ndev)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct sun8i_emac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
> > > +	unsigned long rate;
> > > +	u32 reg;
> > > +
> > > +	rate = clk_get_rate(priv->ahb_clk);
> > > +	if (rate > 160000000)
> > > +		reg = 0x3 << 20; /* AHB / 128 */
> > > +	else if (rate > 80000000)
> > > +		reg = 0x2 << 20; /* AHB / 64 */
> > > +	else if (rate > 40000000)
> > > +		reg = 0x1 << 20; /* AHB / 32 */
> > > +	else
> > > +		reg = 0x0 << 20; /* AHB / 16 */
> > > +	netif_dbg(priv, link, ndev, "MDC auto : %x\n", reg);
> > > +	writel(reg, priv->base + SUN8I_EMAC_MDIO_CMD);
> > 
> > You could also expose that as a clock.
> > 
> 
> For which purpose ?
> No ethernet driver expose the MDC as clock and I dont see any interest:
> - I dont think that tuning it give any gain
> - Knowing it's value is of little interest

You don't have to implement anything, you can just register a clk_div
driver, and everything works, and you would use the proper clock APIs
(ie. clk_set_rate, and that's it).

That would be exposed just like any other clock, including in debugfs,
which would remove the need for the debug call.

But this really was just a suggestion.

Maxime

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