linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] clocksource: davinci: only enable tim34 in periodic mode once it's initialized

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:05:14 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        arm-soc <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] clocksource: davinci: only enable tim34 in
 periodic mode once it's initialized

pt., 10 sty 2020 o 00:12 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> napisał(a):
>
> On 24/12/2019 11:03, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
> >
> > The DM365 platform has a strange quirk (only present when using ancient
> > u-boot - mainline u-boot v2013.01 and later works fine) where if we
> > enable the second half of the timer in periodic mode before we do its
> > initialization - the time won't start flowing and we can't boot.
> >
> > When using more recent u-boot, we can enable the timer, then reinitialize
> > it and all works fine.
> >
> > I've been unable to figure out why that is, but a workaround for this
> > is straightforward - don't enable the tim34 timer in periodic mode until
> > it's properly initialized.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
>
> Why not move clockevents_config_and_register() after
> davinci_clocksource_init_tim34() is called ?

Ha! Yes, that works too. I'll send a v3 shortly.

Bart