Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] phy: qcom-qmp: Enable pipe_clk before PHY initialization

[Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>]

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 4:04 AM, Manu Gautam <mgautam@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> QMP PHY for USB/PCIE requires pipe_clk for locking of
> retime buffers at the pipe interface. Driver checks for
> PHY_STATUS without enabling pipe_clk due to which
> phy_init() fails with initialization timeout.
> Though pipe_clk is output from PHY (after PLL is programmed
> during initialization sequence) to GCC clock_ctl and then fed
> back to PHY but for PHY_STATUS register to reflect successful
> initialization pipe_clk from GCC must be present.
> Since, clock driver now ignores status_check for pipe_clk on
> clk_enable/disable, driver can safely enable/disable pipe_clk
> from phy_init/exit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manu Gautam <mgautam@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Overall this looks much better than the previous version.  Thanks!  :)

I wonder one thing though.  You describe the original problem as this:

1. If you don't turn the clock on in qcom_qmp_phy_init() then the PHY
never sets the "ready" status.

2. If you don't have the PHY powered on / out of reset (which happens
in qcom_qmp_phy_init()) then when you enable/disable the clock it
doesn't properly update the status.  That's why you needed patch #1 in
this series.


I wonder: could you solve the above _without_ needing to use
BRANCH_HALT_DELAY in the clock driver?  Specifically, can you tell me
what happens if you put the clk_prepare_enable() after you've powered
on the PHY and taken it out of reset but before you check the status?
Said another way, put the "clk_prepare_enable(qphy->pipe_clk)" call
right before the "readl_poll_timeout" of the ready status?


If you do that, you'll turn everything on.  Then you'll check that the
clock's status is OK and then that the PHY's status is OK.


-Doug