linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] arm: mediatek: enable gpt6 on boot up to make arch timer working

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:47:48 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
Cc:	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
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	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
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	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] arm: mediatek: enable gpt6 on boot up to make arch
 timer working

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Matthias Brugger
<matthias.bgg@...il.com> wrote:
> 2014-08-11 9:15 GMT+02:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>:
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Matthias Brugger
>> <matthias.bgg@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We enable GTP6 which ungates the arch timer clock. Apart we write the
>>> frequency with which the timer is running in the CNTFREQ register.
>>> In the future this should be done in the bootloader.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
>> (...)
>>
>>> +       if (of_machine_is_compatible("mediatek,mt6589")) {
>>> +               /* set cntfreq register which is not done in bootloader */
>>> +               asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0" : : "r" (13000000));
>>
>> I guess this is for something like the ARM arch timer in
>> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
>>
>> Instead of doing this, use the DT property "clock-frequency" on
>> the ARM arch timer node, as that overrides the CP15 setting.
>>
>>> +
>>> +               /* turn on GPT6 which ungates arch timer clocks */
>>> +               gpt_base = ioremap(GPT6_CON_MT65xx, 0x04);
>>> +       }
>>> +
>>> +       /* enabel clock and set to free-run */
>>> +       if (gpt_base)
>>> +               writel(0x31, gpt_base);
>>
>> Why is this not done properly in the GPT driver (I guess
>> in drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c) instead of remapping
>> it and fiddling around in the machine?
>
> I didn't put it in the GPT driver, because that would mean, that you
> need to have the mtk_timer to be able to use the ARM arch timer.
> From my understanding this are two independent blocks in the SoC.
> Apart from that, as stated in the commit message, this patch is a
> workaround until we have a bootloader which does this for us.
> Therefore I thought the init_time function would be the better place to do this.

OK I get the point...

What about the ARM arch timer fixup then, will that also be
fixed in the boot loader eventually?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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