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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Kubalewski, Arkadiusz" <arkadiusz.kubalewski@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
	Maciek Machnikowski <maciek@machnikowski.net>,
	'Vadim Fedorenko' <vfedorenko@novek.ru>,
	'Jonathan Lemon' <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com>,
	"'Paolo Abeni'" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-clk@vger.kernel.org" <linux-clk@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 0/4] Create common DPLL/clock configuration API
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:05:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230110120549.4d764609@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DM6PR11MB46571573010AB727E1BE99AE9BFE9@DM6PR11MB4657.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 14:43:01 +0000 Kubalewski, Arkadiusz wrote:
> This is a simplified network switch board example.
> It has 2 synchronization channels, where each channel:
> - provides clk to 8 PHYs driven by separated MAC chips,
> - controls 2 DPLLs.
> 
> Basically only given FW has control over its PHYs, so also a control over it's
> MUX inputs.
> All external sources are shared between the channels.
> 
> This is why we believe it is not best idea to enclose multiple DPLLs with one
> object:
> - sources are shared even if DPLLs are not a single synchronizer chip,
> - control over specific MUX type input shall be controllable from different
> driver/firmware instances.
> 
> As we know the proposal of having multiple DPLLs in one object was a try to
> simplify currently implemented shared pins. We fully support idea of having
> interfaces as simple as possible, but at the same time they shall be flexible
> enough to serve many use cases.

I must be missing context from other discussions but what is this
proposal trying to solve? Well implemented shared pins is all we need.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-01-10 20:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-29 21:37 [RFC PATCH v4 0/4] Create common DPLL/clock configuration API Vadim Fedorenko
2022-11-29 21:37 ` [RFC PATCH v4 1/4] dpll: add dpll_attr/dpll_pin_attr helper classes Vadim Fedorenko
2022-11-29 21:37 ` [RFC PATCH v4 2/4] dpll: Add DPLL framework base functions Vadim Fedorenko
2022-11-30 15:21   ` Jiri Pirko
2022-11-30 16:23     ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-23 16:45     ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-02 12:28       ` Jiri Pirko
2022-11-30 16:37   ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-02 11:27     ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-02 12:39       ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-02 14:54         ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-02 16:15           ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]             ` <20221202212206.3619bd5f@kernel.org>
2022-12-05 10:32               ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-06  0:19                 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-06  8:50                   ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-06 17:27                     ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-07 13:10                       ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-07 16:59                         ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-08  8:14                           ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-08 16:19                             ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-08 16:33                               ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-08 17:05                                 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-09  9:29                                   ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-09 16:19                                     ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-12 13:36                                       ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-13 18:08                                         ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-14  7:32                                           ` Jiri Pirko
2022-11-29 21:37 ` [RFC PATCH v4 3/4] dpll: documentation on DPLL subsystem interface Vadim Fedorenko
2022-12-19  9:13   ` Paolo Abeni
2023-01-12 13:45     ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-11-29 21:37 ` [RFC PATCH v4 4/4] ptp_ocp: implement DPLL ops Vadim Fedorenko
2022-11-30 12:41   ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-02 11:27     ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-02 12:48       ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-02 14:39         ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-02 16:20           ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-08  0:35             ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-08  8:19               ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-07  2:33           ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-07 13:19             ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]               ` <20221207090524.3f562eeb@kernel.org>
2022-12-08 11:22                 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-09  0:36                   ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-09  9:32                     ` Jiri Pirko
2022-11-30 12:32 ` [RFC PATCH v4 0/4] Create common DPLL/clock configuration API Jiri Pirko
2022-12-02 11:27   ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-02 16:12     ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-07  2:47       ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-07 14:09         ` netdev.dump
2022-12-07 23:21           ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-08 11:28             ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-09  0:39               ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-09  0:56                 ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-08 18:08             ` Maciek Machnikowski
2022-12-09 11:07               ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-09 14:09                 ` Maciek Machnikowski
2022-12-09 16:31                   ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-09 17:11                     ` Maciek Machnikowski
2022-12-12 13:58                     ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-09 14:43                       ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-09 16:30                         ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-10 10:54                           ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-10 14:28                             ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]                             ` <645a5bfd-0092-2f39-0ff2-3ffb27ccf8fe@machnikowski.net>
2023-01-11 14:17                               ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-11 14:40                                 ` Maciek Machnikowski
2023-01-11 15:30                                   ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-11 15:54                                     ` Maciek Machnikowski
2023-01-11 16:27                                       ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-10 20:05                         ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-01-11  8:19                           ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-11 14:16                             ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-11 15:04                               ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-11 15:30                                 ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-11 16:14                                   ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-12 12:15                                     ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-12 14:43                                       ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-09  0:46             ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-07 14:51         ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]           ` <20221207091946.3115742f@kernel.org>
2022-12-08 12:02             ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-09  0:54               ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-08 18:23             ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-08  0:27       ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-08 11:58         ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-08 23:05           ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2022-12-09 10:01             ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-12 12:23 ` Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
2023-01-12 14:50   ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-12 19:09   ` Jakub Kicinski

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