From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:14:21 +0100 Subject: Fscking OMAP In-Reply-To: <20150420162515.GK18048@atomide.com> References: <20150420154912.GW4027@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20150420162515.GK18048@atomide.com> Message-ID: <20150420171421.GY4027@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 09:25:16AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > * Russell King - ARM Linux [150420 08:50]: > > Guys, > > > > If you're going to introduce a dependency on some infrastructure which > > you absolutely require for booting, then _please_ ensure that the > > configuration system is updated such that pre-existing kernel > > configurations continue to work. > > > > Don't leave it such that the infrastructure ends up returning -ENOSYS, > > which then filters down into your SoC specific code, and aborts the > > initialisation of critical infrastructure, leaving you with a totally > > silent boot failure. > > > > In this case, it's the addition of syscon to OMAP internals, > > specifically in omap_control_init(). > > > > This is explicitly targetted at OMAP people, who have wasted much of > > my day today investigating why their platforms no longer boot in DT > > mode. > > Ouch, yeah missing dependencies are a pain to debug. > > Looks like we get MFD_SYSCON selected with omap2plus_defconfig, > but that's not always the case like you pointed out. > > Does the patch below fix the issue for you? Yes, that fixes it, thanks. > 8< ----------------------- > From: Tony Lindgren > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:23:25 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] ARM: OMAP2+: Fix booting with configs that don't have MFD_SYSCON > > With the recent changes omaps have developed a dependency to MFD_SYSCON. > This is used for system control module generic register area and some > clocks. > > We do have it selected in omap2plus_defconfig, but targeted config > files may not have it selected. Let's make sure it's selected like > few other ARM platforms are already doing. > > Reported-by: Russell King > Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig > @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config ARCH_OMAP2PLUS > select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP > select MACH_OMAP_GENERIC > select MEMORY > + select MFD_SYSCON > select OMAP_DM_TIMER > select OMAP_GPMC > select PINCTRL -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 10.5Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.