Hi Paul,
>> Following are couple of DRA7 hwmod patches for the GPTimers.
>> Patches based on 4.0-rc1.
>>
>> The first patch adds the data for timers 13 through 16, the DT
>> nodes are already present, and when enabled without the hwmod
>> data triggers a l3_noc interrupt and hangs the kernel boot [1].
>> The boot hang can also be fixed by checking the return status
>> of pm_runtime_get_sync() in the OMAP dmtimer probe, I will post
>> a separate fix for that.
>>
>> Second patch is a minor fix.
>
> Thanks. Sounds like the first one should go in for v4.0-rc fixes, and the
> second one can wait for v4.1?
>
> If so then could you repost the first fix to include the description of
> why it should go in early in the patch description ("the DT nodes are
> already present, and when enabled without the hwmod data triggers a l3_noc
> interrupt and hangs the kernel boot"). That should avoid anyone
> questioning why it would go in as a v4.0-rc fix at this point, and should
> help the -stable crew out.
Actually, both of them can be queued for v4.1. Tony has already sent a
pull request with the fixes [1] in the driver. The driver fixes will
scale for all SoCs, so will fix this boot issue as well if anyone tries
to enable these timers.
regards
Suman
[1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=142661461902725&w=2
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