From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tony Lindgren Subject: Re: am335x crypto module clocks Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 08:13:39 -0700 Message-ID: <20150409151338.GQ18048@atomide.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from muru.com ([72.249.23.125]:43267 "EHLO muru.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753830AbbDIPRQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Apr 2015 11:17:16 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Matthijs van Duin , Tero Kristo Cc: "linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" * Matthijs van Duin [150404 21:26]: > Hi all, > > To my surprise, the am335x clock tree (am33xx-clocks.dtsi) currently > lists the functional clock of the AES accelerator and other crypto > modules to be the (max 26 MHz) main osc. This struck me as rather > unlikely, since the AES module is clocked much higher on other > devices, and such a slow clock would condemn it to being slower than a > software AES implementation. As usual the TRM is silent on the crypto > accelerators and their clock management, but I did some preliminary > tests. > > The AES module turned out far from slow. I actually had a lot of > trouble keeping the module continuously fed with data with a simple > non-dma test from userspace, since for most modes of operation the AES > module could even keep pace with a tight loop using 128-bit neon > load/store without even checking its status register for readiness. > > Although I haven't been able to get obtain a very reliable measurement > yet as a result, it appears to be clocked at ~200 MHz. This also > matches the fact that it is hooked up to the L3F (which would be > rather pointless if it had a separate low-rate fck). > > It seems very likely to me the other crypto modules will also have a > unified fck/ick (L3F for the hash accelerator, L4LS for the RNG and > PKA). This should preferably still be double-checked of course. Tero, got any ideas about this one? Regards, Tony