Hi Balbi, > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:14:05AM -0700, Loc Ho wrote: >> This patch adds function set_speed to the generic PHY framework operation >> structure. This function can be called to instruct the PHY underlying layer >> at specified lane to configure for specified speed in hertz. > > why ? looks like clk_set_rate() is your friend here. Can you be more > descriptive of the use case ? When will this be used ? > The phy_set_speed is used to configure the operation speed of the PHY at run-time. The clock interface in general is used to configure the clock input to the IP. I don't believe they are the same thing. Maybe it will be clear in my response to your second email -Loc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html