[U-Boot-Users] 859/866 clock issues
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Mon Oct 20 20:49:46 CEST 2003
Hello,
in message <20031020181719.GA5121 at orca.internal.zumanetworks.com> you wrote:
>
> > > 1) measure_gclk() is very inaccurate. Better to use the plprcr and
> > > CFG_8XX_XIN (which MUST BE 10MHz for that cpu) to derive the "real" bus
> > > clock.
> >
> > What do you mean by "very inaccurate" - the intention of the function
> > (as documented) is to measure the "Approx. GCLK frequency in Hz". How
> > bad is "very inaccurate" in your case?
>
> 2-3%
Well, 2...3% means you get 52 instead of 50 MHz? I don't think this
is "very inaccurate" - it could be improved by dedicationg more time
to the test, but IMHO this is sufficient.
> the error of using plprcr + XIN is 0%, and given we know XIN is 10MHz
> for the 859/866 we are using that now.
But I don't want to make too many assumptions on "known" clock
frequencies. I've seen more than one board where the PLL would _not_
lock on the intended clock frequency. It is very nice if you can
_see_ that the board is running at 25 MHz even when it's configured
for and assumed to be running at 50. This is the whole reason for
this test.
Actually, I don't care about a 5% error here. If you do, please
disable the function and #define CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ as you would do
on any board without a 32768 Hz oscillator.
> > > 2) the 859/866 does NOT support external speeds higher than 66MHz,
> > > so if cpu_clk is greater, EBDF01 MUST BE USED IN CFG_SCCR
> >
> > I think this is the case for ALL MPC8xx processors so far. I have
> > never seen one which would allow a bus clock > 66 MHz.
...
> > I don't see why a patch should be needed here. This is a simple
> > matter of getting your board config file right, isn't it?
>
> yes, but somebody really should add a note to the readme :)
Ummm... I disagree. It seems obvious to me that you should not run
your processor out of specifications, and it is not the purpose of
the U-Boot README file to duplicate Motorola's processor specs.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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