[PATCH v4 1/6] arm64: arch_timer: Add device tree binding for hisilicon-161601 erratum

Ding Tianhong dingtianhong at huawei.com
Mon Nov 21 04:49:38 PST 2016


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On 2016/11/15 20:16, Ding Tianhong wrote:
> This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be
> used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision
> register from common arch timer code would be awkward.  So, describe it
> in the device tree.
> 
> v2: Use the new erratum name and update the description.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong at huawei.com>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
> index ef5fbe9..c27b2c4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
> @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
>    This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
>    counter read.
>  
> +- hisilicon,erratum-161601 : A boolean property. Indicates the presence of
> +  erratum 161601, which says that reading the counter is unreliable unless
> +  reading twice on the register and the value of the second read is larger
> +  than the first by less than 32. If the verification is unsuccessful, then
> +  discard the value of this read and repeat this procedure until the verification
> +  is successful.  This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the
> +  implicit counter read.
> +
>  ** Optional properties:
>  
>  - arm,cpu-registers-not-fw-configured : Firmware does not initialize
> 




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