[PATCH v5 6/9] coresight: add support for CPU debug module

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at arm.com
Thu Mar 30 08:47:59 PDT 2017



On 29/03/17 15:56, Mike Leach wrote:

[...]
> 
> No - EDPRCR_COREPURQ and EDPRCR_CORENPDRQ have different semantics and purposes
> 
> EDPRCR_COREPURQ is in the debug power domain an is tied to an external
> debug request that should be an input to the external (to the PE)
> system power controller.
> The requirement is that the system power controller powers up the core
> domain and does not power it down while it remains asserted.
> 
> EDPRCR_CORENPDRQ is in the core power domain and thus to the specific
> core only. This ensures that any power control software running on
> that core should emulate a power down if this is set to one.
> 
> We cannot know the power control design of the system, so the safe
> solution is to set both bits.
> 

+1

I agree that's the safe bet.

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Regards,
Sudeep



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