* Joel Fernandes <jo...@ti.com> [131125 13:46]: > Enabling of Posted mode is seen to cause problems on dmtimer modules on AM33xx > (much like other OMAPs). Reference discussions on forums [1] [2]. Earlier > patch solving this on other OMAPs [3]. > > For OMAP SoCs with this errata, the fix has been to not enable Posted mode. > However, on some SoCs (atleast AM33xx) which carry this errata, Posted mode > is enabled on reset. So we not only need to ignore enabling of the POSTED bit > when the timer is requested, but also disable Posted mode if errata is > present.
This could explain some occasional lost timers I saw a while back when testing things.. We most likely should merge for the -rc series with cc stable. Does this depend on the other patches in this series? Regards, Tony > [1] http://e2e.ti.com/support/arm/sitara_arm/f/791/t/285744.aspx > [2] http://e2e.ti.com/support/arm/sitara_arm/f/791/t/270632.aspx > [3] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg81770.html > > Reported-by: Russ Dill <russ.d...@ti.com> > Cc: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilim...@ti.com> > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <jo...@ti.com> > --- > arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h > b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h > index fb92abb..2861b15 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h > +++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h > @@ -336,8 +336,11 @@ static inline void __omap_dm_timer_enable_posted(struct > omap_dm_timer *timer) > if (timer->posted) > return; > > - if (timer->errata & OMAP_TIMER_ERRATA_I103_I767) > + if (timer->errata & OMAP_TIMER_ERRATA_I103_I767) { > + timer->posted = OMAP_TIMER_NONPOSTED; > + __omap_dm_timer_write(timer, OMAP_TIMER_IF_CTRL_REG, 0, 0); > return; > + } > > __omap_dm_timer_write(timer, OMAP_TIMER_IF_CTRL_REG, > OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_POSTED, 0); > -- > 1.8.1.2 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
