Re: [PATCH v3] clk: ti: omap36xx: Work around sprz319 advisory 2.1

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On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> On Thursday 08 Dec 2016 13:16:01 Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> On 12/02, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> > From: Richard Watts <rrw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > The OMAP36xx DPLL5, driving EHCI USB, can be subject to a long-term
>> > frequency drift. The frequency drift magnitude depends on the VCO update
>> > rate, which is inversely proportional to the PLL divider. The kernel
>> > DPLL configuration code results in a high value for the divider, leading
>> > to a long term drift high enough to cause USB transmission errors. In
>> > the worst case the USB PHY's ULPI interface can stop responding,
>> > breaking USB operation completely. This manifests itself on the
>> > Beagleboard xM by the LAN9514 reporting 'Cannot enable port 2. Maybe the
>> > cable is bad?' in the kernel log.
>> >
>> > Errata sprz319 advisory 2.1 documents PLL values that minimize the
>> > drift. Use them automatically when DPLL5 is used for USB operation,
>> > which we detect based on the requested clock rate. The clock framework
>> > will still compute the PLL parameters and resulting rate as usual, but
>> > the PLL M and N values will then be overridden. This can result in the
>> > effective clock rate being slightly different than the rate cached by
>> > the clock framework, but won't cause any adverse effect to USB
>> > operation.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Richard Watts <rrw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > [Upported from v3.2 to v4.9]
>> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>>
>> Applied to clk-next
>

Since this fixes an errata issue, is there any way we can get this
patch applied to the older LTS kernels?  (4.4 seems to apply cleanly,
but I didn't try any older than that)

adam
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
>
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