Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ARM: topology: Use a clock if possible to get the CPU frequency

On 30 June 2014 16:01, Maxime Ripard [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 03:27:21PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:

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-             rate = of_get_property(cn, "clock-frequency", &len);
-             if (!rate || len != 4) {
-                     pr_err("%s missing clock-frequency property\n",
-                             cn->full_name);
+             clk = of_clk_get(cn, 0);
+             if (!IS_ERR(clk))
+                     rate = clk_get_rate(clk);

We need the max frequency as it will be used to weight the different
CPUs capacity. How do you ensure that the current clock rate is the
max one ?

Hmm, the clock-frequency attribute in the ePAPR is defined at the
current CPU frequency, not the max one.

What means current frequency in device tree when DVFS is involved ?

The ePAPR states that clock-frequency is supposed to be "the current
clock speed of the CPU in Hertz". It's exactly what my patch add.

Now, you're right, DVFS would be an issue here with clock-frequency,
but this patch actually makes it easier to deal with, since you only
get a reference to a clock, and you can get its rate at any given
time.

and what about using clk_round_rate(clk, ULONG_MAX) ?

We will not be dependent of when we parse DT

Vincent

Maxime

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