Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: ptp: avoid register access when ipg clock is disabled

From: Heiko Thiery
Date: Thu Feb 25 2021 - 08:50:18 EST


Hi Richard,

Am Di., 23. Feb. 2021 um 17:11 Uhr schrieb Richard Cochran
<richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 04:04:16PM +0100, Heiko Thiery wrote:
> > It is not only the PHC clock that stops. Rather, it is the entire
> > ethernet building block in the SOC that is disabled, including the
> > PHC.
>
> Sure, but why does the driver do that?

That is a good question. I tried to understand the clock
infrastructure of the imx8 but it looks quite complicated. I cannot
find the point where all the stuff is disabled.

--
Heiko