Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH v2 06/14] ARM: sun8i: clk: Add clk-factor rate application method

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Hello,

On 15 July 2016 at 15:48, Ondřej Jirman <megous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 15.7.2016 15:27, Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:38:54 +0200
>> Ondřej Jirman <megous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>> If so, then yes, trying to switch to the 24MHz oscillator before
>>>> applying the factors, and then switching back when the PLL is stable
>>>> would be a nice solution.
>>>>
>>>> I just checked, and all the SoCs we've had so far have that
>>>> possibility, so if it works, for now, I'd like to stick to that.
>>>
>>> It would need to be tested. U-boot does the change only once, while the
>>> kernel would be doing it all the time and between various frequencies
>>> and PLL settings. So the issues may show up with this solution too.
>>
>> I don't think this is a good idea: the CPU clock may be changed at any
>> time with the CPUFreq governor. I don't see the system moving from
>> 1008MHz to 24MHz and then to 1200MHz when some computation is needed!
>
> PLL lock time is around 10-20us, I'd guess based on the number of loops
> in the PLL lock wait loop. So unless you'll be switching frequencies
> many times per second, this should be barely noticeable.
>
> But I'd like a different solution too.

Do you have a patch to test this?

For me changing CPU frequency on Orange Pi One always locks up the
system. I keep running it on the u-boot setup 1.08GHz at 1.1V

Thanks

Michal
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