Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Jul 2017 13:44:20 +0200 | From | Maxime Ripard <> | Subject | Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 10/10] ARM: dts: sun8i: Add SY8106A regulator to Orange Pi PC |
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Hi,
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 12:23:48PM +0200, Ondřej Jirman wrote: > Hi, > > icenowy@aosc.io píše v St 26. 07. 2017 v 15:36 +0800: > > > > > > > > > > > > Otherwse > > > > > > > > > > > + regulator-max-microvolt = <1400000>; > > > > > > + regulator-ramp-delay = <200>; > > > > > > > > > > Is this an actual constraint of the SoC? Or is it a characteristic > > > > > of the regulator? If it is the latter, it belongs in the driver. > > > > > AFAIK the regulator supports varying the ramp delay (slew rate). > > > > I don't know... > > > > Maybe I should ask Ondrej? > > It is probably neither. > > It is used to calculate a delay inserted by the kernel between setting > a new target voltage over I2C and changing the frequency of the CPU. > The actual delay is calculated by the difference between previous and > the new voltage. > > I don't remember seeing anything in the datasheet of the regulator. > This is just some low value that works. > > It would probably be dependent on the capacitance on the output of the > regulator, actual load (which varies), etc. So it is a board specific > value. One could measure it with an oscilloscope if there's a need to > optimize this.
If this is a reasonable default, then this should be in the driver. You can't expect anyone to properly calculate a ramp delay and have access to both a scope and the CPU power lines.
Maxime
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