Re: [PATCH 04/16] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8350: Specify clock-frequency for arch timer

From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Wed Dec 01 2021 - 19:16:02 EST


On Wed 01 Dec 16:00 PST 2021, Konrad Dybcio wrote:

>
> On 01.12.2021 21:45, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Quoting Konrad Dybcio (2021-11-30 11:59:03)
> >> On 30/11/2021 03:05, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >>> Quoting Konrad Dybcio (2021-11-13 17:27:43)
> >>>> Arch timer runs at 19.2 MHz. Specify the rate in the timer node.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8350.dtsi | 1 +
> >>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8350.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8350.dtsi
> >>>> index a30ba3193d84..60866a20a55c 100644
> >>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8350.dtsi
> >>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8350.dtsi
> >>>> @@ -2484,5 +2484,6 @@ timer {
> >>>> <GIC_PPI 14 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(8) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)>,
> >>>> <GIC_PPI 11 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(8) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)>,
> >>>> <GIC_PPI 10 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(8) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)>;
> >>>> + clock-frequency = <19200000>;
> >>> Does the firmware not set the frequency properly?
> >> It does on my device on the current firmware version (it wouldn't really
> >> boot if it didn't, no?),
> >>
> >> but who knows if it always will, or if it always has been..
> >>
> >>
> >> It's present in downstream too, so I reckon it does not hurt to have it
> >> here too, even
> >>
> >> for completeness-of-describing-the-machine-properly sake.
> >>
> > No. We don't want dts files to have this. The property is only there to
> > workaround bad firmware that doesn't set the frequency. Please drop this
> > patch.
>
> After looking at it again, I see I was indeed wrong, and so was this patch.
>
> Sorry, and green light for dropping..
>

Can you please send me a patch that reverts the change as I merged it
into my -next branch already? Both to simplify for me and to document
why it shouldn't be here for others to refer to in the future.

Thanks,
Bjorn