Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] media: dt-bindings: media: i2c: Switch to assigned-clock-rates

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Hi Laurent,

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 1:04 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Maxime,
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 01:44:52PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 09:12:31PM +0000, Lad Prabhakar wrote:
> > > Use assigned-clock-rates to specify the clock rate. Also mark
> > > clock-frequency property as deprecated.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5645.txt | 5 +++--
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5645.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5645.txt
> > > index 72ad992..e62fe82 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5645.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5645.txt
> > > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Required Properties:
> > >  - compatible: Value should be "ovti,ov5645".
> > >  - clocks: Reference to the xclk clock.
> > >  - clock-names: Should be "xclk".
> > > -- clock-frequency: Frequency of the xclk clock.
> > > +- clock-frequency (deprecated): Frequency of the xclk clock.
> > >  - enable-gpios: Chip enable GPIO. Polarity is GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH. This corresponds
> > >    to the hardware pin PWDNB which is physically active low.
> > >  - reset-gpios: Chip reset GPIO. Polarity is GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW. This corresponds to
> > > @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Example:
> > >
> > >                     clocks = <&clks 200>;
> > >                     clock-names = "xclk";
> > > -                   clock-frequency = <24000000>;
> > > +                   assigned-clocks = <&clks 200>;
> > > +                   assigned-clock-rates = <24000000>;
> > >
> > >                     vdddo-supply = <&camera_dovdd_1v8>;
> > >                     vdda-supply = <&camera_avdd_2v8>;
> >
> > clock-frequency is quite different from assigned-clock-rates though,
> > semantically speaking. clock-frequency is only about what the clock
> > frequency is, while assigned-clock-rates will change the rate as well,
> > and you have no idea how long it will last.
>
> The driver currently reads the clock-frequency property and then calls
> clk_set_rate(). I agree tht assigned-clock-rates isn't a panacea, but I
> think it's less of a hack than what we currently have.
>
> As discussed on IRC, maybe the best option in this specific case is to
> drop clock-frequency and assigned-clok-rates, and call clk_set_rate()
> with a hardcoded frequency of 24MHz in the driver, as that's the only
> frequency the driver supports.
>
Does this mean any driver which has a fixed clock requirement shouldn't be a
DT property and should be just handled by the drivers internally ?

Cheers,
--Prabhakar

> > If you want to retrieve that through the clock framework, then just
> > making clock-frequency optional is enough and falling back to
> > clk_get_rate on the clocks property already provided is enough.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
>
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