[PATCH] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: fix failure setting CPU voltage by enabling dependent I2C controller

Kukjin Kim kgene.kim at samsung.com
Tue Nov 18 23:49:53 PST 2014


On 11/19/14 04:10, Tyler Baker wrote:

Hi,

+ Arnd, Olof and Kevin

> This patch fixes a long standing issue introduced during the 3.16 merge window.
> Shortly after the merge, exynos5250-based arndale boards began to produce the 
> following errors:
> 
> kern.err kernel:  exynos-cpufreq exynos-cpufreq: failed to set cpu voltage
> kern.err kernel:  cpufreq: __target_index: Failed to change cpu frequency: -22
> 
> Further analysis revealed that the S5M8767 voltage regulator used on the 
> exynos5250-based arndale board utilizes the S3C2410 I2C controller. If the 
> S3C2410 I2C controller driver is not enabled, the S5M8767 voltage regulator 
> fails to probe. Therefore a dependency exists between these two drivers. 
> In the exynos_defconfig both CONFIG_REGULATOR_S5M8767 and CONFIG_I2C_S3C2410 
> options are enabled, and no errors are produced. However, in the 
> multi_v7_defconfig only the CONFIG_REGULATOR_S5M8767 option is enabled and the 
> errors are present. So let's enable the CONFIG_I2C_S3C2410 option in the 
> multi_v7_defconfig to allow the S5M8767 voltage regulator to probe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Baker <tyler.baker at linaro.org>

Acked-by: Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim at samsung.com>

Thanks,
Kukjin

> ---
> This issue was reported [1]. I've also confirmed this fix on two different 
> arndale boards.
> 
> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org/msg38765.html
> 
>  arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
> index 3487046..9d7a32f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
> @@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_CADENCE=y
>  CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y
>  CONFIG_I2C_EXYNOS5=y
>  CONFIG_I2C_MV64XXX=y
> +CONFIG_I2C_S3C2410=y
>  CONFIG_I2C_SIRF=y
>  CONFIG_I2C_TEGRA=y
>  CONFIG_I2C_ST=y



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