RE: [RFC][PATCH] OMAP3: add support for 2 SDRAM chip selects

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ext Jean Pihet [mailto:jpihet@xxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: 09 June, 2009 11:24
>To: Kristo Tero (Nokia-D/Tampere)
>Cc: khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; paul@xxxxxxxxx; 
>linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] OMAP3: add support for 2 SDRAM chip selects
>
>On Tuesday 09 June 2009 10:14:58 Tero.Kristo@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: ext Kevin Hilman [mailto:khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> >Sent: 08 June, 2009 20:24
>> >To: Jean Pihet
>> >Cc: Paul Walmsley; Kristo Tero (Nokia-D/Tampere); linux-omap
>> >Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] OMAP3: add support for 2 SDRAM 
>chip selects
>> >
>> >Jean Pihet <jpihet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >> On Monday 08 June 2009 16:59:36 Kevin Hilman wrote:
>> >>> Jean Pihet <jpihet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >>> > Paul,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Here is the updated patch that fixes the Overo build as well.
>> >>> > Can you check it?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Kevin, can you push it if it is correct?
>> >>>
>> >>> Can you run it through checkpatch, fix the errors and also merge 
>> >>> Tero's
>> >>> RX51 patch if it looks good to you.
>> >>
>> >> Ok. I will check. The cause might be the mailer.
>> >>
>> >> I think we need the omap_cfg_reg calls in the RX51 board
>> >
>> >file as well,
>> >
>> >> even if the bootloader has the mux setting already right. 
>That way 
>> >> a warning will be issued in case of a faulty bootloader. 
>Do you agree?
>> >
>> >I agree.
>>
>> Well, this is ok for me too as it does not really change anything. I 
>> will voice my opinion here though. :)
>>
>> I find it somewhat weird that we take care of two pads in 
>this fashion 
>> out of ~350 or so, where in most cases we just assume that the pads 
>> are configured properly by the boot loader. Should we do the 
>same for 
>> every pad?
>Got your point. This omap_cfg_reg throws a warning if the pad 
>is incorrectly configured. The goal is to better track the 
>problem in case of a wrong/older bootloader. In the ideal 
>world the bootloader and kernel should match and do it all right!
>
>> Does the kernel even boot if the CKE signals are configured 
>> incorrectly? I would guess the boot loader will fail to load the 
>> kernel image into SDRAM in that case.
>The kernel boots fine in that case, only the SDRAM contents 
>are not preserved when going to low power mode.

Ok, in this case it sounds ok to me also as it might generate hard to track bugs.

-Tero
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