Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] clk: qcom: add clock controller driver for qca8386/qca8084

[Jie Luo <quic_luoj@quicinc.com>]

On 8/12/2023 6:56 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 11.08.2023 13:49, Jie Luo wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/10/2023 8:59 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>> On 10.08.2023 13:54, Luo Jie wrote:
>>>> Add clock & reset controller driver for qca8386/qca8084.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Luo Jie <quic_luoj@quicinc.com>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>>> +struct qcom_cc {
>>>> +    struct qcom_reset_controller reset;
>>>> +    struct clk_regmap **rclks;
>>>> +    size_t num_rclks;
>>>> +};
>>> This all, including the probe func, is required because of the MDIO dance,
>>> I assume?
>>>
>>> Commonizing that would make more sense should more clocks like this appear
>>> in the future.
>>>
>> Hi Konrad,
>> Thanks for the review.
>> the structure qcom_cc is not because of MDIO dance, this is the common structure used by other qcom clock drivers such as gcc-ipq9574 in the probe function.
>>
>> seems that we can't make any more commonization on this, please let me know if there is any idea on this.
> My main point is, why can't you use qcom_cc_really_probe?
> 

Hi Konrad,
qcom_cc_really_probe is taking the platform_device as the input 
parameter, but the nss_cc_qca8k_probe takes the mdio_device as the probe 
parameter.

>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> +static struct clk_branch nss_cc_switch_core_clk = {
>>>> +    .halt_reg = 0x8,
>>>> +    .clkr = {
>>>> +        .enable_reg = 0x8,
>>>> +        .enable_mask = BIT(0),
>>>> +        .hw.init = &(const struct clk_init_data) {
>>>> +            .name = "nss_cc_switch_core_clk",
>>>> +            .parent_hws = (const struct clk_hw *[]) {
>>>> +                &nss_cc_switch_core_clk_src.clkr.hw,
>>>> +            },
>>>> +            .num_parents = 1,
>>>> +            /* Can be disabled in PHY mode for power saving */
>>> Well it clearly cannot be disabled if it has the CLK_IS_CRITICAL flag :D
>>>
>>> What's the "PHY mode" you're talking about?
>> Yes, the clock with flag CLK_IS_CRITICAL needs to be enabled, the hardware register needs to be configured to enable it, it is disabled by default.
>>
>> this clock branch is necessary for the switch mode that has switch features such routing and fdb forwarding, i will remove the CLK_IS_CRITICAL from the clock that is not needed for the PHY mode, we can enable it later when configuring it as switch mode.
>>
>> As for PHY mode, the device works as only PHY device, that includes 4 PHY ports, no switch functions.
> It's still not obvious at all what "phy mode" or "switch mode" are.
> Are they usecases for a device based on this SoC?
> 
> Konrad

They are different chips, qca8084 works in PHY mode, however qca8386 
works in switch mode, that is the different hardware device, but the 
clock controller driver can be used by both.