Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm: dts: qcom: apq8064: Use 27MHz PXO clock as DSI PLL reference

Marijn Suijten
2021-08-30T14:14:07Z

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 04:24:58PM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 at 11:28, Marijn Suijten
> <marijn.suijten@somainline.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dmitry,
> >
> > On 8/30/21 3:18 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > > On Sun, 29 Aug 2021 at 23:30, Marijn Suijten
> > > <marijn.suijten@somainline.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> The 28NM DSI PLL driver for msm8960 calculates with a 27MHz reference
> > >> clock and should hence use PXO, not CXO which runs at 19.2MHz.
> > >>
> > >> Note that none of the DSI PHY/PLL drivers currently use this "ref"
> > >> clock; they all rely on (sometimes inexistant) global clock names and
> > >> usually function normally without a parent clock. This discrepancy will
> > >> be corrected in a future patch, for which this change needs to be in
> > >> place first.
> > >>
> > >> Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@somainline.org>
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
> > >
> > > Checked the downstream driver, it always uses 27 MHz clock in calculations.
> >
> >
> > Given our concerns for msm8974 not updating DT in parallel with the
> > kernel (hence the need for a global-name fallback because "ref" is
> > missing from the DT), should we worry about the same for apq8064? That
> > is, is there a chance that the kernel but not the firmware is upgraded
> > leading to the wrong parent clock being used? The msm8960 variant of
> > the 28nm PLL driver uses parent_rate in a few places and might read
> > cxo's 19.2MHz erroneously instead of using pxo's 27MHz.
>
> Checked the code. It uses .parent_names = "pxo", so changing ref
> clock should not matter. We'd need to fix ref clocks and after that we
> can switch parent names to fw_name.

Correct, hence why this patch is ordered before the switch to .fw_name.
These patches can't go in the same series if apq8064 doesn't update its
firmware in parallel with the kernel just like msm8974. Do you know if
this is the case? If so, how much time do you think should be between
the DT fix (this patch) and migrating the drivers?

- Marijn