[PATCH v2] ARM: shmobile: r8a7740 legacy: Add missing INTCA clock for irqpin module

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Tue Nov 11 18:33:16 PST 2014


On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:33:08AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 09:48:10AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 09:59:34PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > This clock drives the irqpin controller modules.
> > > Before, it was assumed enabled by the bootloader or reset state.
> > > By making it available to the driver, we make sure it gets enabled when
> > > needed, and allow it to be managed by system or runtime PM.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> > 
> > Thanks Geert,
> > 
> > I have queued this up after dropping the previous version.
> 
> Hi Geert,
> 
> As this appears to be a bug fix I would like to accompany this patch with
> some text describing when the problem was introduced and what its effects
> are. In short a rough guide to if it should be applied to -stable. To that
> end I prepared the following which I would appreciate your feedback on.
> 
> * Add missing INTCA clock for irqpin module for r8a7740
> 
>   This problem appears to have been introduced when the r8a7740 started
>   using the irqpin driver, a change made by 0b7d7820226016205 ("ARM:    
>   shmobile: r8a7740: Migrate from INTC to GIC") in v3.9.
>   It may well have existed in a different form before then.
> 
>   It is my understanding that the problem problem only manifests if either:
>   * uboot does not start the clock: in practice it does      
>   * The A4S pm domain is in use managed by system or runtime pm.
>     I believe this may only occur since v3.18-rc2   

I think the above line should read

     I believe this may only occur with patches queued up for v3.19.



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