Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: aspeed: Add divider flag to fix incorrect voltage reading.

From: Billy Tsai
Date: Sun Feb 20 2022 - 19:47:39 EST


Hi Jonathan,

On 2022/2/19, 11:53 PM, "Jonathan Cameron" <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:57:08 +0800
Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > The formula for the ADC sampling period in ast2400/ast2500 is:
> > ADC clock period = PCLK * 2 * (ADC0C[31:17] + 1) * (ADC0C[9:0])
> > When ADC0C[9:0] is set to 0 the sampling voltage will be lower than
> > expected, because the hardware may not have enough time to
> > charge/discharge to a stable voltage.
> >
> > Reported-by: Konstantin Klubnichkin <kitsok@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Billy,

> Fixes tag?

> Also, would be good to call out in the patch description that
> CLK_DIVIDER_ONE_BASED rules at 0 as a valid value and hence
> avoids the ADC0C[9:0] value of 0 that is causing problems.

> That may be obvious to people who make frequent use of clk dividers
> but it's not locally obvious when looking at this patch.

> Otherwise looks good to me.

> Thanks,

> Jonathan

I will add fixes tag and add more description about the CLK_DIVIDER_ONE_BASED flag in v2.

Thanks,

Billy

> > ---
> > drivers/iio/adc/aspeed_adc.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/aspeed_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/aspeed_adc.c
> > index a957cad1bfab..ffae64f39221 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/adc/aspeed_adc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/aspeed_adc.c
> > @@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ static int aspeed_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > data->clk_scaler = devm_clk_hw_register_divider(
> > &pdev->dev, clk_name, clk_parent_name, scaler_flags,
> > data->base + ASPEED_REG_CLOCK_CONTROL, 0,
> > - data->model_data->scaler_bit_width, 0, &data->clk_lock);
> > + data->model_data->scaler_bit_width,
> > + data->model_data->need_prescaler ? CLK_DIVIDER_ONE_BASED : 0,
> > + &data->clk_lock);
> > if (IS_ERR(data->clk_scaler))
> > return PTR_ERR(data->clk_scaler);
> >