From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Horman Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmc: sh_mmcif: mmc->f_max should be half of the bus clock Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:14:05 +0900 Message-ID: <20120327081404.GC30752@verge.net.au> References: <1332320549-28584-1-git-send-email-horms@verge.net.au> <1332320549-28584-3-git-send-email-horms@verge.net.au> <20120325223033.GA6860@verge.net.au> <4F70027A.9020203@renesas.com> <20120326055256.GE2347@verge.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from kirsty.vergenet.net ([202.4.237.240]:45199 "EHLO kirsty.vergenet.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751956Ab2C0IOI (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:14:08 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-mmc-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org To: Guennadi Liakhovetski Cc: Magnus Damm , Yusuke Goda , linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, Chris Ball , Paul Mundt , Cao Minh Hiep On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:53:33AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Magnus Damm wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Simon Horman wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 02:45:30PM +0900, Yusuke Goda wrote: > > > >> Hi Simon-san, Guennadi-san > > > >> > > > >> (2012/03/26 7:30), Simon Horman wrote: > > > >> > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 07:06:31PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > > >> >> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Simon Horman wrote: > > > >> >> > > > >> >>> mmc->f_max should be half of the bus clock. > > > >> >>> And now that mmc->f_max is not equal to the bus clock the > > > >> >>> latter should be used directly to calculate mmc->f_min. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> The patch seems correct as it stands, however, looking at it - does anyone > > > >> >> understands why that "close to 400kHz" comment and such a complicated > > > >> >> calculation? Shouldn't it be just host->clk / 512 always? Maybe this > > > >> >> should be a separate patch, so, for this one > > > >> >> > > > >> >> Acked-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski > > > >> > > > > >> > Hi Guennadi, > > > >> > > > > >> > that code seems to date back to the original driver submission > > > >> > made by Goda-san. I have CCed him as perhaps he recalls why > > > >> > the code is like it is. > > > >> I thought to get closer to 400kHz if possible. > > > >> Probably even host->clk / 512 does not have any problem. > > > > > > > > Sorry for my ignorance, is ~400kHz desirable for some reason? > > > > > > The 400kHz frequency is used during initialization of the SD card. > > > Simply put, the SD frequency starts low out low and is then changed to > > > something higher depending on the capability of the memory card and > > > the host controller. Please have a look at the simplified SD > > > specification for more details. > > > > I see, so, we want something like > > > > shift = fls(host->clk / 400000 - 1); > > mmc->f_min = host->clk >> shift; > > > > eventually with some rounding, depending on our preferences. > > As you see in the email header, that last email was sent about 24 hours > ago, it just got stuck on my mail server due to some local problem... > After the recent discussions on this topic, this mail is outdated and > should be disregarded. I certainly agree to using clk / 512 > unconditionally for all host frequencies, which also was my original > suggestion in > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mmc/13556 Indeed it was your suggestion and a good one too.