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

Tomasz Figa t.figa at samsung.com
Thu Dec 27 10:23:31 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar <prasanna.ps at samsung.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-exynos/pm_domains.c |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/pm_domains.c
> b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/pm_domains.c index 9f1351d..bd8a41e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/pm_domains.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/pm_domains.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
> 
>  #include <mach/regs-pmu.h>
>  #include <plat/devs.h>
> +#include <mach/regs-clock.h>
> +#include <plat/cpu.h>
> 
>  /*
>   * Exynos specific wrapper around the generic power domain
> @@ -41,6 +43,24 @@ static int exynos_pd_power(struct generic_pm_domain
> *domain, bool power_on) void __iomem *base;
>  	u32 timeout, pwr;
>  	char *op;
> +	u32 tmp = 0;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 *It is found that the CLK SRC register in exynos5
> +	 *gets modified when power domain of gsc/mfc/isp/disp1
> +	 *is powered off.This happens only after the system is
> +	 *suspended and resumed and not before that.
> +	 *The following fix adresses this hardware issue.
> +	 *It saves the value of clock source register and
> +	 *resores it later
> +	 */
> +
> +	if (of_machine_is_compatible("samsung,exynos5250")) {
> +		if (!power_on) {
> +			/* save clock source register */
> +			tmp = __raw_readl(EXYNOS5_CLKSRC_TOP3);

I really think this problem needs more investigation, but if gating
a power domain can really change a clock source register and save/restore 
when gating is really required, then the code must be reworked so it does 
not access clock registers directly.

At the moment it is not a problem, but we are going to have Exynos support 
for Common Clock Framework merged in near future and it will remove static 
mapping of clock registers.

Best regards,
-- 
Tomasz Figa
Samsung Poland R&D Center
SW Solution Development, Linux Platform




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