[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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