[PATCH v2 3/3] ARM: EXYNOS5: save CLK_TOP_SRC3 register before powergating

tomasz.figa at gmail.com tomasz.figa at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 16:06:27 EST 2012


Hi Prasanna,

On Thursday 20 of December 2012 17:56:18 Prasanna Kumar wrote:
> This patch adds a software workaround to the hardware
> problem found in exynos5 while powergating.
> 
> It is observed that CLK_TOP_SRC3 register gets modified if
> the G-Scaler/MFC devices are power gated. The clock for G-Scaler gets
> set to XXTI which results in the device running very slow .
> A big drop in performance is noticed whilerunning the video.
> This issue also occurs while powergating MFC.
> 
> The value of clock source register is restored once the powergating
> operation is completed.

Is the problem really related to power gating at all? From what you 
described in comment in the code, it seems like it's a problem with 
suspend/resume, not power gating, so it should be rather saved on suspend 
and restored on resume. Please recheck clock save/restore part of power 
management code.

Altering clock configuration registers from power domain code looks really 
ugly...

Best regards,
Tomasz Figa




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