Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 5 authors, 2012-01-03

[PATCH v4 4/7] cpufreq: add clk-reg cpufreq driver

From: Richard Zhao <hidden>
Date: 2012-01-03 13:25:30
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Hi Russel,

On 3 January 2012 17:06, Russell King - ARM Linux
[off-list ref] wrote:
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 09:44:52PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:10:30AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
quoted
The *call* is there in the regulator subsystem, it's just that none of
the drivers back it up with an actual implementation yet. ?Which turns
out to be a good thing as cpufreq can't currently understand variable
latencies and the governors don't deal well with non-trivial latencies
anyway.
but clk API don't have such calls. and many SoCs only adjust clk frequencies, using
one single voltage.
That's because it's often not known - especially in the case of PLLs,
data sheets don't tend to specify how long it takes for the PLL to relock
after a requested change. ?If it's important that the PLL be locked,
there will be a bit to poll (or they'll cause the CPU itself to stall
while the PLL is not locked.)

So, for these kinds of situations, how do you suggest that the clk API
provides this information?
In latest v6 version, I get clk transition latency from dt property, and get
regulator transition latency from regulator API.
Could you please help review other arm common changes in v6 version?

Thanks
Richard
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