Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] clk: qcom: Add display clock controller driver for SDM845

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Quoting Taniya Das (2018-07-09 02:34:07)
> 
> 
> On 7/9/2018 1:07 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Quoting Taniya Das (2018-07-09 00:07:21)
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/9/2018 11:46 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>    > Why is the nocache flag needed? Applies to all clks in this file.
> >>>>    >
> >>>>
> >>>> This flag is required for all RCGs whose PLLs are controlled outside the
> >>>> clock controller. The display code would require the recalculated rate
> >>>> always.
> >>>
> >>> Right. Why is the PLL controlled outside of the clock controller? The
> >>> rate should propagate upward to the PLL from here, so who's going
> >>> outside of that?
> >>>
> >> The DSI0/1 PLL are not part of the display clock controller, but in the
> >> display subsystem which are managed by the DRM drivers. When DRM drivers
> >> query for the rate clock driver should always return the non cached rates.
> > 
> > Why? Is the DSI PLL changing rate all the time, randomly, without going
> > through the clk APIs to do so?
> >
> 
> Hmm, I am afraid I do not have an answer for this, but this was the 
> requirement to always return the non cached rates from the clock driver.
> 

Ok. Who knows about this requirement? Can we add someone from the
display driver to understand more?

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