[PATCH] arm: dts: k3-am625-verdin-r5: Change CPU frequency to 1000MHz

From: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com
The same U-Boot binary is compatible with multiple Verdin AM62 board variants. However, some of the SoC models can only operate at a maximum speed of 1 GHz.
Previously, the boards with lower-speed grades were running at overclocked speeds, leading to kernel complaints about unsupported configurations.
To resolve this issue, the operating speed has been decreased to the maximum allowable value across all Verdin AM62 board variants. As a result, there is a regression in overall boot time, increasing by around 200 milliseconds for the faster SoC variant.
Signed-off-by: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com --- arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts b/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts index 305d199678..6b03e7405a 100644 --- a/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts +++ b/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ */ assigned-clocks = <&k3_clks 61 0>, <&k3_clks 135 0>, <&k3_clks 157 20>; assigned-clock-parents = <&k3_clks 61 2>, <0>, <&k3_clks 157 22>; - assigned-clock-rates = <200000000>, <1200000000>, <25000000>; + assigned-clock-rates = <200000000>, <1000000000>, <25000000>; clocks = <&k3_clks 61 0>; power-domains = <&k3_pds 61 TI_SCI_PD_EXCLUSIVE>, <&k3_pds 135 TI_SCI_PD_EXCLUSIVE>,

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 12:34:08PM +0000, Vitor Soares wrote:
From: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com
The same U-Boot binary is compatible with multiple Verdin AM62 board variants. However, some of the SoC models can only operate at a maximum speed of 1 GHz.
Previously, the boards with lower-speed grades were running at overclocked speeds, leading to kernel complaints about unsupported configurations.
To resolve this issue, the operating speed has been decreased to the maximum allowable value across all Verdin AM62 board variants. As a result, there is a regression in overall boot time, increasing by around 200 milliseconds for the faster SoC variant.
Signed-off-by: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com
Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini francesco.dolcini@toradex.com

On 19/02/24 18:04, Vitor Soares wrote:
From: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com
The same U-Boot binary is compatible with multiple Verdin AM62 board variants. However, some of the SoC models can only operate at a maximum speed of 1 GHz.
Previously, the boards with lower-speed grades were running at overclocked speeds, leading to kernel complaints about unsupported configurations.
To resolve this issue, the operating speed has been decreased to the maximum allowable value across all Verdin AM62 board variants. As a result, there is a regression in overall boot time, increasing by around 200 milliseconds for the faster SoC variant.
Patch as such is fine. But one way to avoid boot regression is to fixup the clock freq using based on speed grade identified by k3_get_speed_grade() and freq mapping table for each letter as show in datasheet [0]
This may need VDD_CORE voltage information via PMIC driver. Even w/o that could at least bump to 1.25Ghz safely.
[0] https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/am625.pdf Table 7-1. Device Speed Grades
Signed-off-by: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com
arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts b/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts index 305d199678..6b03e7405a 100644 --- a/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts +++ b/arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-verdin-r5.dts @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ */ assigned-clocks = <&k3_clks 61 0>, <&k3_clks 135 0>, <&k3_clks 157 20>; assigned-clock-parents = <&k3_clks 61 2>, <0>, <&k3_clks 157 22>;
assigned-clock-rates = <200000000>, <1200000000>, <25000000>;
clocks = <&k3_clks 61 0>; power-domains = <&k3_pds 61 TI_SCI_PD_EXCLUSIVE>, <&k3_pds 135 TI_SCI_PD_EXCLUSIVE>,assigned-clock-rates = <200000000>, <1000000000>, <25000000>;

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 10:47:03AM +0530, Vignesh Raghavendra wrote:
On 19/02/24 18:04, Vitor Soares wrote:
From: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com
The same U-Boot binary is compatible with multiple Verdin AM62 board variants. However, some of the SoC models can only operate at a maximum speed of 1 GHz.
Previously, the boards with lower-speed grades were running at overclocked speeds, leading to kernel complaints about unsupported configurations.
To resolve this issue, the operating speed has been decreased to the maximum allowable value across all Verdin AM62 board variants. As a result, there is a regression in overall boot time, increasing by around 200 milliseconds for the faster SoC variant.
Patch as such is fine. But one way to avoid boot regression is to fixup the clock freq using based on speed grade identified by k3_get_speed_grade() and freq mapping table for each letter as show in datasheet [0]
Ack. I would still merge this as it is, I think that is conceptually better to have a safe and valid value in the DT source file.
We can still do the optimization you suggested afterward, we just wanted to get rid of any potential malfunction because of this overclocking as soon as possible.
Francesco

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 12:34:08PM +0000, Vitor Soares wrote:
From: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com
The same U-Boot binary is compatible with multiple Verdin AM62 board variants. However, some of the SoC models can only operate at a maximum speed of 1 GHz.
Previously, the boards with lower-speed grades were running at overclocked speeds, leading to kernel complaints about unsupported configurations.
To resolve this issue, the operating speed has been decreased to the maximum allowable value across all Verdin AM62 board variants. As a result, there is a regression in overall boot time, increasing by around 200 milliseconds for the faster SoC variant.
Signed-off-by: Vitor Soares vitor.soares@toradex.com Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini francesco.dolcini@toradex.com
Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
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