[PATCH 0/2] mx31moboard for 2.6.33-rc1

[Valentin Longchamp]

Alberto Panizzo wrote:
> Il giorno lun, 21/12/2009 alle 12.17 +0100, Sascha Hauer ha scritto:
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 06:11:31PM +0100, Valentin Longchamp wrote:
>>> I have tested mx31moboard with the first -rc. Here are two patches correcting the current problems. They should go to a next -rc.
>>>
>>> 1) The patches for usbh support were based on the bad branch, where
>>> the platform_devices had been renamed. Now this prevents the mx3
>>> config to build. The first patch reverts to the correct names.
>>>
>>> 2) The MC13783 voltage regulators with boot_on or always_on enabled
>>> hang the kernel at boot. Remove these options from mx31moboard
>>> configuration. Sascha, is this a correct behavior or is it a bug ?
>> AFAIK the boot_on indicate the regulator framework that this regulator
>> is already enabled when the kernel starts. I don't see why this makes
>> the kernel hang. Can you do a bit more debugging please?
>>
>> Sascha
>>
> 
> The patch that I proposed:
> [PATCH 2/4] mfd: mc13783: When probing, unlock the mc13783 before subsystems initialisation.
> solve the problem I think.
> 
> If you enable the debug output on drivers/mfd/mc13783-core and you see that the
> kernel hang on the mc13783 waiting queue, than my patch is for you.
> 
> With boot_on = 1 the regulator core ensure also that the regulator is
> enabled during probe, so it call the corresponding enable function.
> That function utilise the mc13783-API that are still locked.
> 
> mc13783-regulator now is probed when mc13783-core register it's regulator
> subsystem.
> 
> For now that patch (acked by Uwe Kleine-König) is not applied to the mfd tree.
> 

I confirm what Alberto tells, this patch solves the kernel hang at boot 
for both the boot_on and and always_on flags, avoiding the deadlock 
explained above.

My patch is then be pointless when Alberto's patch gets merged.

Val

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