diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-fractional-divider.c b/drivers/clk/clk-fractional-divider.c index 6a3ed82fdae9..4274540327ce 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/clk-fractional-divider.c +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-fractional-divider.c @@ -3,8 +3,39 @@ * Copyright (C) 2014 Intel Corporation * * Adjustable fractional divider clock implementation. - * Output rate = (m / n) * parent_rate. * Uses rational best approximation algorithm. + * + * Output is calculated as + * + * rate = (m / n) * parent_rate (1) + * + * This is useful when we have a prescaler block which asks for + * m (numerator) and n (denominator) values to be provided to satisfy + * the (1) as much as possible. + * + * Since m and n have the limitation by a range, e.g. + * + * n >= 1, n < N_width, where N_width = 2^nwidth (2) + * + * for some cases the output may be saturated. Hence, from (1) and (2), + * assuming the worst case when m = 1, the inequality + * + * floor(log2(parent_rate / rate)) <= nwidth (3) + * + * may be derived. Thus, in cases when + * + * (parent_rate / rate) >> N_width (4) + * + * we might scale up the rate by 2^scale (see the description of + * CLK_FRAC_DIVIDER_POWER_OF_TWO_PS for additional information), where + * + * scale = floor(log2(parent_rate / rate)) - nwidth (5) + * + * and assume that the IP, that needs m and n, has also its own + * prescaler, which is capable to divide by 2^scale. In this way + * we get the denominator to satisfy the desired range (2) and + * at the same time much much better result of m and n than simple + * saturated values. */ #include @@ -81,6 +112,8 @@ void clk_fractional_divider_general_approximation(struct clk_hw *hw, * Get rate closer to *parent_rate to guarantee there is no overflow * for m and n. In the result it will be the nearest rate left shifted * by (scale - fd->nwidth) bits. + * + * For the detailed explanation see the top comment in this file. */ if (fd->flags & CLK_FRAC_DIVIDER_POWER_OF_TWO_PS) { unsigned long scale = fls_long(*parent_rate / rate - 1);