linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: reset: gpio-restart: increase priority slightly

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Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2015 21:28:51 +0200
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	Heiko Stübner <heiko@...ech.de>
Cc:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: reset: gpio-restart: increase priority slightly

Hi Heiko,

On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 04:48:50PM +0200, Heiko Stübner wrote:
> gpio-restart uses a priority of 128 and currently most soc-level restart
> mechanisms use the same - with some exceptions even using 192.
> But while the soc-level restarts are provided by the soc itself,
> gpio-restarts will most of the time be board-specfic and be used
> when some special board condition makes the soc-level restart
> only a second choice.
> 
> The problem at hand manifested itself on the rk3288-veyron devices.
> While the soc-level restart can sucessfully restart all other rockchip
> boards I have, the veyron devices use an external restart mechanism that
> seems to not only reset the soc but also some external needed components.
> 
> With both restart handlers having priority 128 in my tests the soc-specific
> variant took precedent in all cases. While it could restart the soc
> sucessfully in all cases, firmware then got an issue when talking to an
> external component, resulting in the device being put into recovery mode.
> 
> So, give the board-specific restart handler a slight push and move it
> to priority 129 to make it more important than the generic soc-specific
> restart-handler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>

Thanks, queued for 4.2.

-- Sebastian

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