Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] net: mdio: mdio-thunder: MDIO clock related changes for Marvell Octeon Family.

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue May 31 2022 - 23:54:46 EST


On Mon, 30 May 2022 05:53:25 -0700 Piyush Malgujar wrote:
> This patch series mdio changes are pertaining to Marvell Octeon family.
>
> 1) clock gating:
> The purpose of this change is to apply clock gating for MDIO clock
> when there is no transaction happening. This will stop the MDC
> clock toggling in idle scenario.
>
> 2) Marvell MDIO clock frequency attribute change:
> This MDIO change provides an option for user to have the bus speed
> set to their needs. The clock-freq for Marvell Octeon defaults to
> 3.125 MHz and not 2.5 MHz as standard. In case someone needs to use
> this attribute, they have to add an extra attribute
> "clock-frequency" in the mdio entry in their DTS and this driver
> will do the rest.
> The changes are made in a way that the clock will set to the
> nearest possible value based on the clock calculation and required
> frequency from DTS.
>
> These changes has been verified internally with Marvell Octeon series.

Thanks for the patches, this does not sound like a fix tho and we're in
the middle of a merge window, so please repost on/after Monday.