From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dingtianhong@huawei.com (Ding Tianhong) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:43:25 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: arch_timer: Add device tree binding for hisilicon-161x01 erratum In-Reply-To: <3a29c03a-2da1-7bfe-28ff-21dada50ee8d@arm.com> References: <962ea92f-870b-e1d0-5bb7-1a6d66c35122@huawei.com> <3a29c03a-2da1-7bfe-28ff-21dada50ee8d@arm.com> Message-ID: <6697f1a4-3c22-d0ef-e2c2-41f0ff36fbf0@huawei.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 2016/10/24 16:36, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On 23/10/16 04:21, Ding Tianhong wrote: >> This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be >> used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision >> register from common arch timer code would be awkward. So, describe it >> in the device tree. >> >> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong >> --- >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 6 ++++++ >> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt >> index ef5fbe9..26bc837 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt >> @@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs. >> This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit >> counter read. >> >> +- hisilicon,erratum-161x01 : A boolean property. Indicates the presence of >> + QorIQ erratum 161201, which says that reading the counter is > > Other than the copy/paste of the FSL erratum, please document the actual > erratum number. Is that 161x01 or 161201? > Sorry for the lazy behavior. >> + unreliable unless the small range of value is returned by back-to-back reads. > > That's a detail that doesn't belong in the DT, but that would be much > better next to the code doing the actual handling. > Got it. Thanks Ding >> + This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit >> + counter read. >> + >> ** Optional properties: >> >> - arm,cpu-registers-not-fw-configured : Firmware does not initialize >> > > Thanks, > > M. >