[PATCH] ARM: imx6: gpc: always enable PU domain if CONFIG_PM is not set

Shawn Guo shawnguo at kernel.org
Wed Jul 8 07:54:49 PDT 2015


On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 02:48:24PM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> If CONFIG_PM is not set the PU power domain needs to be enabled always,
> otherwise there are two failure scenarios which will hang the system if
> one of the devices in the PU domain is accessed.
> 
> 1. New DTs (4.1+) drop the "always-on" property from the PU regulator, so
> if it isn't properly enabled by the GPC code it will be disabled at the
> end of boot.
> 
> 2. If the bootloader already disabled the PU domain the GPC explicitly
> needs to enable it again, even if the kernel doesn't do any power
> management. This is a bit hypothetical, as it requires to boot a
> mainline kernel on a downstream bootloader, as no mainline bootloader
> disables the PM domains.
> 
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # 4.1
> Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach at pengutronix.de>

Applied, thanks. 



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