[PATCH] arm: remove unused code in delay.S
Steve Chen
schen at mvista.com
Wed Sep 16 04:26:06 EDT 2009
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 00:47 +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Steve Chen <schen at mvista.com> writes:
>
> > If I know for sure that these are the processors that need that block of
> > code, your suggestion makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, I don't know.
>
> Then I wouldn't write "Accurate delays". "Different", maybe.
> "Accurate", we don't know.
You are right. "Accurate delays" isn't appropriate. Probably want
something along the lines of "try this and see if helps".
>
> > My primary goals are
> >
> > 1. Put a stop to this thread (so far I have failed miserably)
> > 2. Document that block of code.
> > 3. If it makes someone's life easier.. it would be a bonus.
>
> Uncertain comments don't make life easier. Just write what's certain,
> or nothing if nothing is.
Makes sense. Based on both yours and Marek's inputs, I changed the
wording. The patch is below.
Document #if 0 code block in delay.S and make it selectable for compile.
Signed-off-by: Steve Chen <schen at mvista.com>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
arch/arm/lib/delay.S | 2 +-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index aef63c8..ca8d535 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -813,6 +813,14 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_460075
ACTLR register. Note that setting specific bits in the ACTLR
register
may not be available in non-secure mode.
+config OLD_CPU_DELAY
+ depends on CPU_32v3 || CPU_32v4 || CPU_32v4T
+ bool "Accurate delays for some older CPUs"
+ def_bool n
+ help
+ Try enable this if observing longer than expected delays and need
+ more accuracy. May cause instability in some CPUs.
+
endmenu
source "arch/arm/common/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/delay.S b/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
index 8d6a876..67e679b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ENTRY(__const_udelay) @ 0 <= r0 <= 0x7fffff06
@ Delay routine
ENTRY(__delay)
subs r0, r0, #1
-#if 0
+#ifdef CONFIG_OLD_CPU_DELAY
movls pc, lr
subs r0, r0, #1
movls pc, lr
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