Re: [PATCH 13/25] ASoC: dt-bindings: meson: axg-pdm: document 'sysrate' property

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/03/2024 16:52, Jan Dakinevich wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/15/24 13:22, Jerome Brunet wrote:
>>
>> On Fri 15 Mar 2024 at 11:00, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15/03/2024 00:21, Jan Dakinevich wrote:
>>>> This option allow to redefine the rate of DSP system clock.
>>>
>>> And why is it suitable for bindings? Describe the hardware, not what you
>>> want to do in the driver.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Dakinevich <jan.dakinevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/amlogic,axg-pdm.yaml | 4 ++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/amlogic,axg-pdm.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/amlogic,axg-pdm.yaml
>>>> index df21dd72fc65..d2f23a59a6b6 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/amlogic,axg-pdm.yaml
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/amlogic,axg-pdm.yaml
>>>> @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ properties:
>>>>    resets:
>>>>      maxItems: 1
>>>>  
>>>> +  sysrate:
>>>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>>>> +    description: redefine rate of DSP system clock
>>>
>>> No vendor prefix, so is it a generic property? Also, missing unit
>>> suffix, but more importantly I don't understand why this is a property
>>> of hardware.
>>
>> +1.
>>
>> The appropriate way to set rate of the clock before the driver take over
>> is 'assigned-rate', if you need to customize this for different
>> platform.
>>
> 
> It would be great, but it doesn't work. Below, is what I want to see:
> 
> 	assigned-clocks =
> 		<&clkc_audio AUD2_CLKID_PDM_SYSCLK_SEL>,
> 		<&clkc_audio AUD2_CLKID_PDM_SYSCLK_DIV>;
> 	assigned-clock-parents =
> 		<&clkc_pll CLKID_FCLK_DIV3>,
> 		<0>;
> 	assigned-clock-rates =
> 		<0>,
> 		<256000000>;
> 
> But regardles of this declaration, PDM's driver unconditionally sets

That's driver's problem. You do not change bindings, just because your
driver behaves differently. Just fix driver.

> sysclk'rate to 250MHz and throws away everything that was configured
> before, reparents audio2_pdm_sysclk_mux to hifi_pll and changes
> hifi_pll's rate.
> 
> This value 250MHz is declared here:
> 
> static const struct axg_pdm_cfg axg_pdm_config = {
> 	.filters = &axg_default_filters,
> 	.sys_rate = 250000000,
> };
> 
> The property 'sysrate' is intended to redefine hardcoded 'sys_rate'
> value in 'axg_pdm_config'.

What does it have to do with bindings? Change driver if you are not
happy how it operates.

Best regards,
Krzysztof