Hi,
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 08:40:17AM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:52 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> > This is more about matching the data rate between the two drivers - the
>> > clock framework could (and possibly should) reasonably return an error
>> > here, we're trying to ensure that drivers and controllers work well
>> > together here.
>
>> The clock framework should be able to accomplish what you want. If
>> you just request the rate it will do its best to make the rate
>> requested. If we want to see what clock would be set before setting
>
> The request could be massively off the deliverable rate - 50% or more.
Agreed. If the clock is massively off and that causes problems then
someone will need to debug it and find a solution. I'm not aware of
us being in that case in the driver in question.
>> >> 3. If you really truly need code in the SPI driver then make sure you
>> >> include a compatible string for the SoC and have a table in the driver
>> >> that's found with of_device_get_match_data(). AKA:
>
>> >> compatible = "qcom,geni-spi-sdm845", "qcom,geni-spi";
>
>> > A controller driver really shouldn't need to be open coding anything.
>
>> It wouldn't be open-coding, it would be a different way of specifying
>> things. In my understanding it's always a judgement call about how
>
> If you're saying we need clock rate selection logic (which is what it
> sounds like) rather than data then that seems like a problem.
We're talking past each other I think. Maybe a concrete example helps?
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IMO the line marked "/* UNNEEDED */" below should be removed:
spi0: spi@880000 {
compatible = "qcom,geni-spi";
...
spi-max-frequency = <50000000>; /* UNNEEDED */
device@0 {
spi-max-frequency = <25000000>;
...
}
};
---
Said another way: I don't think we should specify the
spi-max-frequency of the _master_ in the device tree. If there is
_really_ no way to get the max speed from the clock framework and we
_really_ need a per-controller max speed on all geni controllers on
SDM845 then IMO the above should be:
spi0: spi@880000 {
compatible = "qcom,geni-spi-sdm845", "qcom,geni-spi";
...
device@0 {
spi-max-frequency = <25000000>;
...
}
};
...and then the driver should say "oh, I have a compatible string of
"qcom,geni-spi-sdm845" so I know my controller's max frequency must be
50 MHz. It can get that information using of_device_get_match_data().
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Hopefully that's clearer?
-Doug
