Re: [PATCH 0/3] Drop PRUSS and OMAP4 IPU/DSP hwmod data

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On 2/26/20 7:27 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Suman Anna <s-anna@xxxxxx> [200226 20:31]:
>> On 2/26/20 12:26 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>> * Suman Anna <s-anna@xxxxxx> [200224 15:22]:
>>>> Hi Tony,
>>>>
>>>> The following patches drop the hwmod data for PRUSS on AM33xx and AM437x
>>>> SoCs, and for the IPU and DSP processors on OMAP4 SoC. Patches are based
>>>> on 5.6-rc1. Please consider these for the 5.7 merge window.
>>>>
>>>> I will be submitting another series tomorrow to add the ti-sysc support
>>>> for PRUSS. Nevertheless, the PRUSS hwmods will not be used going forward
>>>> and can be dropped independently.
>>>>
>>>> The IPU and DSP hwmods were never added for OMAP5 and DRA7xx/AM57xx SoCs,
>>>> and the MMU data was already dropped for 5.6-rc1, as it has all been
>>>> converted to ti-sysc and omap-prm. The DT nodes for these will follow
>>>> for the next merge window once the current OMAP remoteproc DT support
>>>> is accepted [1].
>>>
>>> Well we still need the hwmod data until dts data is in place to reset
>>> and idle these modules. So I'll wait with this set until we have the
>>> dts changes in place.
>>
>> Not really, you cannot just idle these processors devices by themselves
>> without the cores running. The hwmod code actually keeps these in the
>> default reset asserted state itself, so no harm done in dropping the
>> data. The remoteproc bindings are acked, so for next merge window, we
>> can post the dts nodes once those get merged.
> 
> OK if they are in reset from the bootloader.. I'll try to check.

OK thanks. FWIW, we have never added the hwmods for IPUs and DSPs on
OMAP5 and DRA7xx/AM57xx, and most of them are pseudo hwmods anyway for
reset purposes, and do not get exercised until the remoteproc driver
would have specifically requested for them.

regards
Suman



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