Re: [PATCH v4 4/8] drivers: devfreq: add DMC driver for Exynos5422

[Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>]

Hi Sylwester,

On 19. 3. 6. 오후 10:44, Sylwester Nawrocki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2/3/19 13:23, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
> 
>> 2019년 2월 2일 (토) 오전 2:42, Lukasz Luba <l.luba@partner.samsung.com>님이 작성:
> 
>>> +/**
>>> + * exynos5_dmc_pause_on_switching() - Controls a pause feature in DMC
>>> + * @dmc:       device which is used for changing this feature
>>> + * @set:       a boolean state passing enable/disable request
>>> + *
>>> + * There is a need of pausing DREX DMC when divider or MUX in clock tree
>>> + * changes its configuration. In such situation access to the memory is blocked
>>> + * in DMC automatically. This feature is used when clock frequency change
>>> + * request appears and touches clock tree.
>>> + */
>>> +static int exynos5_dmc_pause_on_switching(struct exynos5_dmc *dmc, bool set)
>>
>> Don't need to make it as the separate function. It is only used on
>> probe() function.
> 
> It seems fine to me to have this functionality in a separate function, 
> it's self-contained and it's now pretty well documented.
> 
>>> +{
>>> +       unsigned int val;
>>> +
>>> +       val = readl(dmc->base_clk + DMC_PAUSE_CTRL);
>>> +       if (set)
>>> +               val |= DMC_PAUSE_ENABLE;
>>> +       else
>>> +               val &= ~DMC_PAUSE_ENABLE;
>>> +       writel(val, dmc->base_clk + DMC_PAUSE_CTRL);
>>
>> The dt-binding file doesn't explain the 'reg' property for 'base_clk'.
>> You are missing.
>> When I tried to find what are the base address, it is the register map
>> of clock-controller.
>> This driver accesed the register of clock controller without any
>> functions of CCF
>> (common clock framework). It is wrong.
>>
>> If you need to get the some information of clock, must have to use the CCF.
> We talked a little about this issue with Lukasz in person and it looks
> like there are some DMC related registers in the clock controller register 
> region, I'd say those registers are better handled by the DMC driver rather
> than the clocks controller driver. Moreover, we should avoid abusing clk API
> for not strictly clocks related functionality as it appears to be above.
> It might be more appropriate to add in the dmc DT node a phandle to a regmap
> exposed by the clock-controller node. It seems there will be even no single
> register that would be shared between the DMC and the clock controller.
> 

I agree to share the regmap instance of clock controller
with syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle() and then add the detailed
description about this to dt-binding documentation.


And,
This patch has the another quetion about the clocks in
exynos5_dmc_init_clks(). This functions used 'clk_set_parent'
to make the hierarchy between clocks. I think it is possible to make
the relation of clocks in DT by using the 'assigned-clocks'.

-- 
Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics