RE: [PATCH RESEND V2 2/3] clocksource: imx-sysctr: Make timer work with clock driver using platform driver model

[Anson Huang <anson.huang@nxp.com>]

Hi, Daniel

> On 23/06/2019 14:38, Anson.Huang@nxp.com wrote:
> > From: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@nxp.com>
> >
> > On some i.MX8M platforms, clock driver uses platform driver model and
> > it is NOT ready during timer initialization phase, the clock
> > operations will fail and system counter driver will fail too. As all
> > the i.MX8M platforms' system counter clock are from OSC which is
> > always enabled, so it is no need to enable clock for system counter
> > driver, the ONLY thing is to pass clock frequence to driver.
> >
> > To make system counter driver work for upper scenario, add an option
> > of skipping of_clk operation for system counter driver, an optional
> > property "clock-frequency" is introduced to pass the frequency value
> > to system counter driver and indicate driver to skip of_clk
> > operations.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@nxp.com>
> > ---
> > Changes since V1:
> > 	- improve commit log, no content change.
> > ---
> >  drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-sysctr.c | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-sysctr.c
> > b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-sysctr.c
> > index fd7d680..8ff3d7e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-sysctr.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-sysctr.c
> > @@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ static void __init sysctr_clockevent_init(void)
> > static int __init sysctr_timer_init(struct device_node *np)  {
> >  	int ret = 0;
> > +	u32 rate;
> > +
> > +	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-frequency",
> > +				  &rate)) {
> > +		to_sysctr.of_clk.rate = rate;
> > +		to_sysctr.of_clk.period = DIV_ROUND_UP(rate, HZ);
> > +		to_sysctr.flags &= ~TIMER_OF_CLOCK;
> > +	}
> 
> Please take the opportunity to add the TIMER_OF_CLOCK_FREQUENCY flag in
> timer-of and the corresponding code above.

OK, so another patch for timer-of is necessary, if TIMER_OF_CLOCK_FREQUENCY flag
is present, just read the "clock-frequency" from DT instead of getting clock rate from
clock tree, right? I think this becomes a common case for timer driver, as more and more
platforms will use platform driver model for clock driver, it would be good if timer-of can
provide solution.

> 
> Then check the clock-frequency presence and add TIMER_OF_CLOCK or
> TIMER_OF_CLOCK_FREQUENCY flag to the timer-of structure.
> 
> eg:
> 
>     to_sysctr.flags |= of_find_property(np, "clock-frequency", NULL) ?
> 		TIMER_OF_CLOCK_FREQUENCY : TIMER_OF_CLOCK;
> 

OK.

Thanks,
Anson.