Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] clk: Add safe switch hook | From | Georgi Djakov <> | Date | Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:34:41 +0300 |
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On 09/10/2015 01:52 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote: > On 08/12, Georgi Djakov wrote: >> From: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> >> >> Sometimes clocks can't accept their parent source turning off >> while the source is reprogrammed to a different rate. Most >> notably CPU clocks require a way to switch away from the current >> PLL they're running on, reprogram that PLL to a new rate, and >> then switch back to the PLL with the new rate once they're done. >> Add a hook that drivers can implement allowing them to return a >> 'safe parent' and 'safe frequency' that they can switch their >> parent to while the upstream source is reprogrammed to support >> this. >> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> >> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org> > > Weird to be reviewing my own patch... > > Anyway, Mike tells me that coordinated clock rates are going to > be on the list this month. We should use those patches instead of > this safe parent/rate stuff. If the patches don't appear soon, we > can look into having the clock provider handle the parent/rate > switch itself. That isn't any worse that what we've been doing in > other providers. >
Ok, thanks for the information! I will start moving this into the clock provider and when the coordinated clock rates are posted will try using them.
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