[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <87pmd3s89f.ffs@tglx>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:55:40 +0100
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/sh_cmt: access registers according
to spec
Wolfram!
On Wed, Nov 30 2022 at 22:06, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Documentation for most CMTs say that we need to wait two input clocks
> before changes propagate to the timer. This is especially relevant when
> we stop the timer to change further settings. Implement the delays
> according to the spec. To avoid unnecessary delays in atomic mode, we
> also check if the to-be-written value actually differs. CMCNT is a bit
> special because testing showed that we need to wait 3 cycles instead.
> AFAIU, this is also true for all CMTs. Also, the WRFLAG needs to be
> checked before writing. This fixes "cannot clear CMCNT" messages which
> occur often on R-Car Gen4 SoCs, but only very rarely on older SoCs for
> some reason.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html#changelog
I fixed it up for you this time...
> Fixes: 81b3b2711072 ("clocksource: sh_cmt: Add support for multiple channels per device")
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
> ---
>
> Changes since RFC v2:
> * use DIV_ROUND_UP also for caluclating cmcnt_delay
> * remove a FIXME comment
>
> There were no further comments, so I dropped the RFC status and send
> this as a regular patch. Here again the introduction from RFC v1:
Instead of quoting, it would have been helpful to have the lore links
for RFC v1/v2....
Thanks,
tglx
Powered by blists - more mailing lists