[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] arm: socfpga: fix issue with warm reset when CSEL is 0

[Dalon Westergreen <dwesterg@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 2017-02-28 at 06:45 -0800, Dalon Westergreen wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-02-20 at 06:35 -0800, Dalon Westergreen wrote:
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> > On Mon, 2017-02-20 at 15:24 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
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> > > On 02/20/2017 03:21 PM, Dalon Westergreen wrote:
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> > > > On Mon, 2017-02-20 at 15:14 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
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> > > > > On 02/20/2017 03:10 PM, Dalon Westergreen wrote:
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> > > > > > On Mon, 2017-02-20 at 10:07 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
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> > > > > > > On 02/18/2017 02:34 AM, Dalon Westergreen wrote:
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> > > > > > > > When CSEL=0x0 the socfpga bootrom does not touch the clock
> > > > > > > > configuration for the device.  This can lead to a boot failure
> > > > > > > > on warm resets. This patch disables warm resets when CSEL=0.
> > > > > > > > This results in the clock and pll configurations being reset
> > > > > > > > on any reset issued when CSEL=0.
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> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dalon Westergreen <dwesterg@gmail.com>
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> > > > > > > What about my suggestion for V2 about just loading function
> > > > > > > pointer
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> > > > > > > the reset jump address register ?
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> > > > > > Frankly, i really dont like relying on the existence of a snippet of
> > > > > > code in
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> > > > > > onchip ram being untouched to ensure a reboot/reset will occur for
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> > > > > > csel=0
> > > > > > case.  i am certain this case is rarely used, and confident that it
> > > > > > isnt
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> > > > > > used while trying to preserve sdram contents.
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> > > > > Well, you already rely on such snippet, it's SPL. If you corrupt SPL
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> > > > > do warm reset, your system hangs, I had that multiple times :)
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> > > > True.  I would argue to just use cold resets but i think arria 10 has
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> > > > for the warm reset case.
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> > > > > > the downside is that the scorecard is reset every boot. so the
> > > > > > bootrom
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> > > > > > retry all the spl images again resulting in possibly longer boot
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> > > > > Is that significant ?
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> > > > The watchdog timeout is on the order of 1.5 seconds.  That would be for
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> > > > failed spl.
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> > > Hm, OK. But then your system is kinda broken, so you should expect this
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> > My thought exactly...  I would like to see if Chin Liang or Dinh have any
> > comments?
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> Chin Liang, Dinh, any comments?

Marek, I would like to propose we move forward with this patch?

--dalon

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