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Message-ID: <20131126220543.GP26766@atomide.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 14:05:43 -0800
From: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To: Joel Fernandes <joelf@...com>
Cc: Linux ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] ARM: OMAP: Disable POSTED mode for errata i103 and
i767
* Joel Fernandes <joelf@...com> [131125 14:18]:
> On 11/25/2013 04:14 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Joel Fernandes <joelf@...com> [131125 13:46]:
> >> Enabling of Posted mode is seen to cause problems on dmtimer modules on AM33xx
> >> (much like other OMAPs). Reference discussions on forums [1] [2]. Earlier
> >> patch solving this on other OMAPs [3].
> >>
> >> For OMAP SoCs with this errata, the fix has been to not enable Posted mode.
> >> However, on some SoCs (atleast AM33xx) which carry this errata, Posted mode
> >> is enabled on reset. So we not only need to ignore enabling of the POSTED bit
> >> when the timer is requested, but also disable Posted mode if errata is present.
> >
> > This could explain some occasional lost timers I saw a while back when
> > testing things.. We most likely should merge for the -rc series with cc stable.
>
> Sure, I agree.
>
> >
> > Does this depend on the other patches in this series?
> >
>
> No it doesn't depend.
OK thanks applying into omap-for-v3.13/fixes-take4.
Tony
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