[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/2] TI: DaVinci DA850 EVM: support passing maximum allowed cpu clock rate information to kernel

[Nori, Sekhar]

Hi Detlev,

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 21:23:46, Detlev Zundel wrote:
> Hi Sekhar,
>
> > The TI DA850/OMAP-L138/AM18x EVM can be populated with devices
> > having different maximum allowed CPU clock rating.
> >
> > The maximum clock the chip can support can only be determined from
> > the label on the package (not software readable).
> >
> > Introduce a method to pass the maximum allowed clock rate information
> > to kernel using ATAG_REVISION. The kernel uses this information to
> > determine the maximum cpu clock rate reachable using cpufreq.
>
> Ok, so I see you ignore my comments on not using the ATAG_REVISION tag
> for passing clock frequncies which is fair enough if nobody else

No, not "clock frequncies", but "maximum device operating point" information
(which depends on the silicon populated on the EVM).

I am sure you mean exactly that, but using terminology loosely can create a
very different impression.

> But then please _at least_ document this in the README and not only in
> the git diff files.  This is still the most obscure aspects of the
> change for me and should be prominent in the documentation.

Sure, will send out an update.

Thanks,
Sekhar