Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: arch_timer: Add device tree binding for hisilicon-161x01 erratum

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On 2016/10/24 16:36, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 23/10/16 04:21, Ding Tianhong wrote:
>> This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be
>> used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision
>> register from common arch timer code would be awkward.  So, describe it
>> in the device tree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
>> index ef5fbe9..26bc837 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
>> @@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
>>    This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
>>    counter read.
>>
>> +- hisilicon,erratum-161x01 : A boolean property. Indicates the presence of
>> +  QorIQ erratum 161201, which says that reading the counter is
> 
> Other than the copy/paste of the FSL erratum, please document the actual
> erratum number. Is that 161x01 or 161201?
> 

Sorry for the lazy behavior.

>> +  unreliable unless the small range of value is returned by back-to-back reads.
> 
> That's a detail that doesn't belong in the DT, but that would be much
> better next to the code doing the actual handling.
> 
Got it.

Thanks
Ding

>> +  This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
>> +  counter read.
>> +
>>  ** Optional properties:
>>
>>  - arm,cpu-registers-not-fw-configured : Firmware does not initialize
>>
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	M.
> 

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