linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] ARM: socfpga: Enable Arria10 OCRAM ECC on startup

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Message-ID: <56FD4B6C.3070608@opensource.altera.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:08:12 -0500
From:	Thor Thayer <tthayer@...nsource.altera.com>
To:	Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nsource.altera.com>
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	<m.chehab@...sung.com>, <robh+dt@...nel.org>, <pawel.moll@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] ARM: socfpga: Enable Arria10 OCRAM ECC on startup

Hi Dinh,

On 03/30/2016 12:11 PM, Dinh Nguyen wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016, tthayer@...nsource.altera.com wrote:
>
>> From: Thor Thayer <tthayer@...nsource.altera.com>
>>
>> Enable ECC for Arria10 On-Chip RAM on machine startup. The ECC has to be
>> enabled before data is stored in memory otherwise the ECC will fail
>> on reads.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thor Thayer <tthayer@...nsource.altera.com>
>> ---
>
> [snip]
>
>> +
>> +void socfpga_init_arria10_ocram_ecc(void)
>> +{
>> +	struct device_node *np;
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	/* Find the OCRAM EDAC device tree node */
>> +	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "altr,socfpga-a10-ocram-ecc");
>> +	if (!np) {
>> +		pr_err("Unable to find socfpga-a10-ocram-ecc\n");
>> +		return;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	ret = altr_init_a10_ecc_block(np, A10_SYSMGR_ECC_INTSTAT_OCRAM,
>> +				      ALTR_A10_OCRAM_ECC_EN_CTL, 0);
>
> I think this is a no-no, you shouldn't be making a call directly into the driver
> from here.
>
> BR,
> Dinh
>
OK. I'll make the initialization local and resubmit. Thanks for reviewing.