Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] arm64: arch_timer: Add device tree binding for hisilicon-161601 erratum

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 




On 21/11/2016 12:49, Ding Tianhong wrote:
Ping....

Hi,

was there a cover letter for 0/6? I never saw it.

Thanks,
John


On 2016/11/15 20:16, 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.

v2: Use the new erratum name and update the description.

Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
index ef5fbe9..c27b2c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
   This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
   counter read.

+- hisilicon,erratum-161601 : A boolean property. Indicates the presence of
+  erratum 161601, which says that reading the counter is unreliable unless
+  reading twice on the register and the value of the second read is larger
+  than the first by less than 32. If the verification is unsuccessful, then
+  discard the value of this read and repeat this procedure until the verification
+  is successful.  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


_______________________________________________
linuxarm mailing list
linuxarm@xxxxxxxxxx
http://rnd-openeuler.huawei.com/mailman/listinfo/linuxarm

.



--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html



[Index of Archives]     [Device Tree Compilter]     [Device Tree Spec]     [Linux Driver Backports]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux PCI Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]     [Yosemite Backpacking]
  Powered by Linux