On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 01:18:43PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 09:24:58PM +0100, Jan Petrous via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: "Jan Petrous (OSS)" <jan.petrous@oss.nxp.com>
> >
> > The PTP clock is read by stmmac_platform during DT parse.
> > On S32G/R the clock is not ready and returns 0. Postpone
> > reading of the clock on PTP init.
>
> This needs more explanation as to why this is a feature, not a bug,
> for the PTP clock.
>
Thanks for comment. I did a homework and found out the root cause is
using PTP clocks before they are properly enabled. As I understand,
the clocks, especially the composite variant, require preparation and/or
enabling them, what is not managed correctly for PTP clocks when
stmmac_platform is used. In this case, the PTP clock value is read this way:
stmmac_probe_config_dt:
// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/4a5df37964673effcd9f84041f7423206a5ae5f2/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c#L634
/* Fall-back to main clock in case of no PTP ref is passed */
plat->clk_ptp_ref = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "ptp_ref");
if (IS_ERR(plat->clk_ptp_ref)) {
plat->clk_ptp_rate = clk_get_rate(plat->stmmac_clk);
plat->clk_ptp_ref = NULL;
dev_info(&pdev->dev, "PTP uses main clock\n");
} else {
plat->clk_ptp_rate = clk_get_rate(plat->clk_ptp_ref);
dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "PTP rate %d\n", plat->clk_ptp_rate);
}
If I change getter to enabled getter:
plat->clk_ptp_ref = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, "ptp_ref");
The driver got valid rate and the patch is not needed anymore.
So, if I didn't miss something, it seems like I have to replace the current
patch with one fixing clk getter.
BR.
/Jan