Query about vexpress_ct_ca9x4 watchdog issue ?

[bill_carson@126.com (bill)]

        





At 2011-04-20 15:16:47?"viresh kumar" <viresh.kumar@st.com> wrote:

>On 04/20/2011 12:16 PM, bill wrote:
>> At 2011-04-20 12:37:03?"viresh kumar" <viresh.kumar@st.com> wrote:
>>> On 04/20/2011 07:37 AM, bill wrote:
>>>> I read the WdogValue/WdogControl register as specified in SP805TRM, it does not change any way, 
>>>>
>>>> WdogValue     --> 0xf0918000
>>>> WdogControl   -->0x3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems the value is correct, but watchdog is not triggered.
>>>> I am really puzzled about this, can you give me some clue to find the root cause?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Bill,
>>>
>>> It looks that you are also not getting WDT reset after specified timeout? Is it so?
>>> So, probably driver is fine as it is tested on SPEAr.
>>>
>> 
>> I have test this driver on SPEAr1310 with drivers/watchdog/coh901327_wdt.c
>
>Sorry i got confused here. Which driver did you test coh901327_wdt.c or SP805.
>1310 doesn't have 805, neither have coh901327_wdt. It has cortex watchdog, for which
>support is not added for spear.
>
>coh901327_wdt.c is for ST Ericsson's U300 soc.
>
>

I miss type the file name, it's cortexa9_wdt.c that I used test on SPEAr1310.
this file was rename with sp805_wdt.c in new kernel version.



>>> Probably the issue might be with clock rate and clock enable. What is the clock rate
>>> for wdt in your platform?
>>> Driver calls clk_enable() and clk_get_rate(). Can you please verify that this is
>>> working correctly.
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> I did check the clock issue, current mach-vexpress use plat-versatile clock implementation
>> in plat-versatile/clock.c clk_enable is an empty function;
>> so I guess we don't need any clock gating function in mach-vexpress.
>
>The only thing i can think of is clock, as wdt_value is not at all decrementing.
>
>--
>viresh
>
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