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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:49:25 +0300
From:      Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Rajesh Kumar <rajfbsd@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need a clarification regarding I2C bus frequency in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <BF721728-B6F5-4214-9180-B911D32D9FCA@cs.huji.ac.il>
In-Reply-To: <1534702861.27158.36.camel@freebsd.org>
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> On 19 Aug 2018, at 21:21, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Sun, 2018-08-19 at 19:23 +0530, Rajesh Kumar wrote:
>> Hi Ian,
>>=20
>> Basically, I want to set the I2C clock frequency for Designware IP in =
our
>> board to 150Mhz.  So, I was looking for the way in FreeBSD.
>>=20
>> So, Is this the frequency which is configured through the clock =
high/low
>> registers? I see the those register are coded to 100 and 125 =
currently, I
>> am not sure how that value is arrived. If it needs to be configured =
for
>> 150Mhz, how to derive the appropriate values? I looked at the =
DW_apb_i2c
>> databook section 3.11 to understand about it.  I am still unclear.  I =
see a
>> comment saying "Program based on 25000 Hz clock". In my case, should =
they
>> be programmed based on 150Mhz clock?
>=20
> Rajesh,
>=20
> Please bottom-post when replying on freebsd mailing lists, mixed top-
> and bottom-posting is too confusing.
>=20
> What exactly do you mean when you say "the i2c clock frequency"?
>=20
> The datasheet appears to use a term like that to refer to the internal
> clock used to drive the IP block in the chip. That base clock is then
> divided down to create the i2c bus frequency on the I2C_SCL line.
>=20
> The IG4_REG_SS_SCL_HCNT and IG4_REG_SS_SCL_LCNT registers are the
> duration in base clock ticks that the SCL line is held high and low =
for
> standard speed. The registers with FS in the name are for high speed
> mode.
>=20
> The comment block and the values our driver programs into those
> registers appear to be wildly wrong. There is no way a base clock
> running at 25KHz can be divided down to create i2c bus speeds of =
100KHz
> and 400KHz for standard and fast modes. If the base clock really is
> 25KHz then the driver currently sets the i2c bus to run at 111Hz.
>=20
> The hardware default values for the HCNT/LCNT registers, as given in
> the datasheet referenced by the driver [1], would be consistant with =
an
> internal base clock speed of 1GHz. The fact that the header file
> defines a IG4_REG_CLK_PARMS register, but the datasheet doesn't =
mention
> it, makes me think that on some versions of the hardware the speed is
> fixed and the driver has to know what that is based on the version, or
> vendor, or something. Other versions of the hardware may have
> information about the base clock speed in that IG4_REG_CLK_PARMS
> register.
>=20
> What we need is for someone who has this hardware to put an
> oscilliscope on the SCL line and get us some real-world truth.
>=20
> [1] =
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/4th-gen-core-family=
-mobile-i-o-datasheet.html?wapkw=3Ddatasheets+4th+generation =
<http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/4th-gen-core-famil=
y-mobile-i-o-datasheet.html?wapkw=3Ddatasheets+4th+generation>
>=20
> -- Ian


hi,
I have similar issues with the allwinner/twsi but I do have a Saleae =
Logic and here is a nice picture:



danny




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