On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 01:09:17PM +0800, Robin Gong wrote: > Below comments got from Page4724 of Reference Manual of i.mx6q: > http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/ref_manual/IMX6DQRM.pdf > > --"Static context mode should be used for the first channel called > after reset to ensure that the all context RAM for that channel is > initialized during the context SAVE phase when the channel is > done or yields. Subsequent calls to the same channel or > different channels may use any of the dynamic context modes. > This will ensure that all context locations for the bootload > channel are initialized, and prevent undefined values in context > RAM from being loaded during the context restore if the > channel is re-started later" > > Unfortunately, the rule was broken by commit(5b28aa319bba96987316425a1131813d87cbab35) > .This patch just take them back. > > Signed-off-by: Robin Gong <b38343@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c | 7 ++++--- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c > index d0df198..510e463 100644 > --- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c > +++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c > @@ -1323,6 +1323,10 @@ static void sdma_load_firmware(const struct firmware *fw, void *context) > sdma_load_script(sdma, ram_code, > header->ram_code_size, > addr->ram_code_start_addr); > + > + /* Set bits of CONFIG register with given context switching mode */ > + writel_relaxed(SDMA_H_CONFIG_CSM, sdma->regs + SDMA_H_CONFIG); > + You move the CONFIG register initialization to a place which may never be called. Look at the top of sdma_load_firmware: if (!fw) { dev_info(sdma->dev, "external firmware not found, using ROM firmware\n"); /* In this case we just use the ROM firmware. */ return; } Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dmaengine" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html