[PATCH 1/5] ARM: OMAP2+: gpmc: Fix kernel BUG for DT boot mode
Tony Lindgren
tony at atomide.com
Tue Oct 16 17:26:47 EDT 2012
* Jon Hunter <jon-hunter at ti.com> [121016 14:00]:
> Hi Tony,
>
> On 10/16/2012 12:48 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Richard Cochran <richardcochran at gmail.com> [121015 12:18]:
> >> From: hvaibhav at ti.com <hvaibhav at ti.com>
> >>
> >> With recent changes in omap gpmc driver code, in case of DT
> >> boot mode, where bootloader does not configure gpmc cs space
> >> will result into kernel BUG() inside gpmc_mem_init() function,
> >> as gpmc cs0 gpmc_config7[0].csvalid bit is set to '1' and
> >> gpmc_config7[0].baseaddress is set to '0' on reset.
> >>
> >> This use-case is applicable for any board/EVM which doesn't have
> >> any peripheral connected to gpmc cs0, for example BeagleXM and
> >> BeagleBone, so DT boot mode fails.
> >>
> >> This patch adds of_have_populated_dt() check before creating
> >> device, so that for DT boot mode, gpmc probe will not be called
> >> which is expected behavior, as gpmc is not supported yet from DT.
> >
> > I'm applying this one into omap-for-v3.7-rc1/fixes-part2.
> >
> > Next time, please also cc linux-omap at vger.kernel.org for series
> > like this. I'm sure the people reading the omap list are interested
> > in these.
>
> This patch appears to be masking an underlying issue. How about
> something like the following ...
OK that looks good to me. I'll drop the earlier fix and use
yours instead.
Regards,
Tony
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