Messages in this thread | | | From | Stephen Boyd <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 2/2] clk: imx: imx7d: remove clks_init_on array | Date | Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:40:51 -0700 |
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Quoting Anson Huang (2018-09-03 00:20:53) > > > On 08/31/2018 03:29 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote: > > > > Quoting Peng Fan (2018-08-12 18:15:41) > > > >> Hi Anson, > > > >> > > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > > >>>>> From: Anson Huang > > > >>>>> Sent: 2018年8月8日 12:39 > > > >>>>> To: shawnguo@kernel.org; s.hauer@pengutronix.de; > > > >>>>> kernel@pengutronix.de; Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@nxp.com>; > > > >>>>> mturquette@baylibre.com; sboyd@kernel.org; > > > >>>>> linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; > > > >>>>> linux-clk@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > >>>>> Cc: dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@nxp.com> > > > >>>>> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] clk: imx: imx7d: remove clks_init_on array > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Clock framework will enable those clocks registered with > > > >>>>> CLK_IS_CRITICAL flag, so no need to have clks_init_on array > > > >>>>> during clock > > > >>>> initialization now. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Will it be more flexible to parse dts saying "critical-clocks = <xxx>" > > > >>>> or "init-on-arrary=<xxx>" > > > >>>> and enable those clocks? > > > >>> > > > >>> Parsing the clocks arrays from dtb is another way of enabling > > > >>> critical clocks, but for current i.MX6/7 platforms, we implement > > > >>> it in same way as most of other SoCs, currently I did NOT see any > > > >>> necessity of putting them in dtb, just adding flag during clock > > > >>> registering is more simple, if there is any special requirement > > > >>> for different clocks set to be enabled, then we can add support to enable > > the method of parsing critical-clocks from dtb. Just my two cents. > > > >> > > > >> Thinking about OP-TEE want to use one device, but it's clocks are > > > >> registered by Linux, because there is no module in Linux side use > > > >> it, it will shutdown the clock, which cause OP-TEE could not access the > > device. > > > >> > > > >> Then people have to modify clk code to add CLK_IS_CRITICAL flag to > > > >> make sure the clocks are not shutdown by Linux. > > > >> > > > >> However adding a new property in clk node and let driver code parse > > > >> the dts, there is no need to modify clk driver code when OP-TEE needs > > another device clock. > > > >> > > > > > > > > If OP-TEE needs linux to keep things on then why can't the OP-TEE > > > > driver in Linux probe, acquire clocks, and keep the clks enabled forever? > > > > > > Sounds reasonable, but how could this be done without introducing > > > platform-specific stuff in the OP-TEE driver? > > > > > > > Why is that a goal? > > I do NOT think we should consider such case in this patch series, whatever OP-TEE needs for its own > feature, it should do necessary operations either in its driver or somewhere else by adding new patch. >
Why can't we add clks to the op-tee node in DT's /firmware container? Then any clks in there can be turned on forever and left enabled by the linux driver?
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