Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] mfd: add atmel-hlcdc driver

[Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>]

Hello JJ,

On 15/06/2014 10:53, Jean-Jacques Hiblot wrote:
> On 06/09/2014 06:04 PM, Boris BREZILLON wrote:
>> The HLCDC IP available on some Atmel SoCs (i.e. at91sam9n12, at91sam9x5
>> family or sama5d3 family) exposes 2 subdevices:
>> - a display controller (controlled by a DRM driver)
>> - a PWM chip
>>
>> Add support for the MFD device which will just retrieve HLCDC clocks and
>> create a regmap so that subdevices can access the HLCDC register range
>> concurrently.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/atmel-hlcdc.txt        |  41 ++++++++
>>  drivers/mfd/Kconfig                                |  11 ++
>>  drivers/mfd/Makefile                               |   1 +
[...]
>> +	memset(&config, 0, sizeof(config));
>> +	config.reg_bits = 32;
>> +	config.val_bits = 32;
>> +	config.reg_stride = 4;
>> +	config.max_register = (resource_size(res) / 4) - 1;
>> +	hlcdc->regmap = devm_regmap_init_mmio_clk(dev, "periph_clk", regs,
>> +						  &config);
> I don't think it's necessary to use "periph_clk" here. This clock will
> always be running because the HLCDC needs it to work (it's not just an
> interface clock). In the end it's just some extra work for each register
> access.

Yes, I thought about removing this clk from regmap registration too (for
the exact same reason: avoiding extra enable/disable work when accessing
registers), but ATM I do not prepare/enable periph_clk in the hlcdc-pwm
driver, this means the regmap won't work until the hlcdc-dc driver has
probed the display controller device.

How about preparing/enabling the periph_clk in the MFD device, so that
PWM and Display Controller subdevices won't have to bother about this
clk, and the regmap will work as expected ?
Or, should we just prepare/enable the periph clock in each subdevices ?


Best Regards,

Boris

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