[PATCH 6/7] arm: mediatek: enable gpt6 on boot up to make arch timer working

Matthias Brugger
2014-08-12T09:02:15Z

2014-08-11 9:15 GMT+02:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Matthias Brugger
> <matthias.bgg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We enable GTP6 which ungates the arch timer clock. Apart we write the
>> frequency with which the timer is running in the CNTFREQ register.
>> In the future this should be done in the bootloader.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>
> (...)
>
>> + if (of_machine_is_compatible("mediatek,mt6589")) {
>> + /* set cntfreq register which is not done in bootloader */
>> + asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0" : : "r" (13000000));
>
> I guess this is for something like the ARM arch timer in
> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>
> Instead of doing this, use the DT property "clock-frequency" on
> the ARM arch timer node, as that overrides the CP15 setting.
>
>> +
>> + /* turn on GPT6 which ungates arch timer clocks */
>> + gpt_base = ioremap(GPT6_CON_MT65xx, 0x04);
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* enabel clock and set to free-run */
>> + if (gpt_base)
>> + writel(0x31, gpt_base);
>
> Why is this not done properly in the GPT driver (I guess
> in drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c) instead of remapping
> it and fiddling around in the machine?

I didn't put it in the GPT driver, because that would mean, that you
need to have the mtk_timer to be able to use the ARM arch timer.
>From my understanding this are two independent blocks in the SoC.
Apart from that, as stated in the commit message, this patch is a
workaround until we have a bootloader which does this for us.
Therefore I thought the init_time function would be the better place to do this.

Thanks,
Matthias

>
> If it only affects the mt6589 just add another compatible string
> to that driver like "mediatek,mt6589-timer" as it properly reflects the
> fact that this timer is slightly different on the 6589.
>
> Also use a #define for the magic constant 0x31.
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

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