[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] ARM: Davinci: Fix DM644x timer overflow handling and cleanup

Dirk Behme dirk.behme at googlemail.com
Tue Mar 25 11:19:03 CET 2008


Pieter Voorthuijsen wrote:
> Hi Dirk, Troy,
> 
> Still some troubles on the DVEVM, i2c and flash are too fast, also dhcp is racing like h#ll. See log below.
> 
> Currently the timer rolls over every 1 ms, this means get_timer should be called at least every ms to detect a roll over... Is it better to have a static variable timer than read the timer register directly?
> 
> I see that this is standard behavior in other timer code in u-boot, but we don't need it I think. I'll try to implement the 64-bit timer without roll over this afternoon.

I don't love the idea of 64-bit timer! We *should* get it working with 
32bit timer. Do you like spending the time to implement the 64-bit 
timer instead in thinking/debugging the 32-bit timer?

E.g. what happens if you use

#define TIMER_LOAD_VAL	0xffffffff

instead in patch below?

Dirk

> Best regards, Pieter
> 
> 
> 
>  U-Boot > era 03EC0000 +20000
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> Flash erase timeout at address 3ec0000 data b4f0b4f
> Flash erase timeout at address 3ed0000 data f4f0f4f
>  done
> Erased 2 sectors
> U-Boot > iprobe
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> U-Boot >
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dirk.behme at googlemail.com [mailto:dirk.behme at googlemail.com] 
> Sent: maandag 24 maart 2008 15:58
> To: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com; Pieter Voorthuijsen
> Subject: [PATCH] ARM: Davinci: Fix DM644x timer overflow handling and cleanup
> 
> Fix ARM based DaVinci DM644x timer overflow handling and cleanup timer code.
> 
> Changes:
> 
> - Remove *_masked() functions as noted by Wolfgang
> 
> - Adapt register naming to recent TI spec (sprue26, March 2007)
> 
> - Fix reset_timer() handling
> 
> - As reported by Pieter [1] the overflow fix introduced a delay of factor 16 (e.g 2 seconds became 32). While the overflow fix is basically okay, it missed to divide CFG_HZ_CLOCK by 16, too. Fix this.
> 
> [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/38179
> 
> - Remove software division of timer count value (DIV(x) macro) and do it in hardware (TIM_CLK_DIV).
> 
> Many thanks to Troy Kisky <troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com> for his hints!
> 
> Patch is compile tested with davinci_dvevm & sonata & schmoogie configuration. Anybody can test it on real hardware? Pieter?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme at gmail.com>
> 
> Index: uboot_davinci/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/timer.c
> ===================================================================
> --- uboot_davinci.orig/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/timer.c
> +++ uboot_davinci/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/timer.c
> @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
>  
>  typedef volatile struct {
>  	u_int32_t	pid12;
> -	u_int32_t	emumgt_clksped;
> -	u_int32_t	gpint_en;
> -	u_int32_t	gpdir_dat;
> +	u_int32_t	emumgt;
> +	u_int32_t	na1;
> +	u_int32_t	na2;
>  	u_int32_t	tim12;
>  	u_int32_t	tim34;
>  	u_int32_t	prd12;
> @@ -52,21 +52,11 @@ typedef volatile struct {
>  	u_int32_t	tcr;
>  	u_int32_t	tgcr;
>  	u_int32_t	wdtcr;
> -	u_int32_t	tlgc;
> -	u_int32_t	tlmr;
>  } davinci_timer;
>  
>  davinci_timer		*timer = (davinci_timer *)CFG_TIMERBASE;
>  
>  #define TIMER_LOAD_VAL	(CFG_HZ_CLOCK / CFG_HZ)
> -#define READ_TIMER	timer->tim34
> -
> -/*
> - * Timer runs with CFG_HZ_CLOCK, currently 27MHz. To avoid wrap
> - * around of timestamp already after min ~159s, divide it, e.g. by 16.
> - * timestamp will then wrap around all min ~42min
> - */
> -#define DIV(x)		((x) >> 4)
>  
>  static ulong timestamp;
>  static ulong lastinc;
> @@ -76,63 +66,51 @@ int timer_init(void)
>  	/* We are using timer34 in unchained 32-bit mode, full speed */
>  	timer->tcr = 0x0;
>  	timer->tgcr = 0x0;
> -	timer->tgcr = 0x06;
> +	timer->tgcr = 0x06 | ((TIM_CLK_DIV - 1) << 8);
>  	timer->tim34 = 0x0;
>  	timer->prd34 = TIMER_LOAD_VAL;
>  	lastinc = 0;
> -	timer->tcr = 0x80 << 16;
>  	timestamp = 0;
> +	timer->tcr = 2 << 22;
>  
>  	return(0);
>  }
>  
>  void reset_timer(void)
>  {
> -	reset_timer_masked();
> -}
> -
> -ulong get_timer(ulong base)
> -{
> -	return(get_timer_masked() - base);
> -}
> -
> -void set_timer(ulong t)
> -{
> -	timestamp = t;
> -}
> -
> -void udelay(unsigned long usec)
> -{
> -	udelay_masked(usec);
> -}
> -
> -void reset_timer_masked(void)
> -{
> -	lastinc = DIV(READ_TIMER);
> +	timer->tcr = 0x0;
> +	timer->tim34 = 0;
> +	lastinc = 0;
>  	timestamp = 0;
> +	timer->tcr = 2 << 22;
>  }
>  
> -ulong get_timer_raw(void)
> +static ulong get_timer_raw(void)
>  {
> -	ulong now = DIV(READ_TIMER);
> +	ulong now = timer->tim34;
>  
>  	if (now >= lastinc) {
>  		/* normal mode */
>  		timestamp += now - lastinc;
>  	} else {
>  		/* overflow ... */
> -		timestamp += now + DIV(TIMER_LOAD_VAL) - lastinc;
> +		timestamp += now + TIMER_LOAD_VAL - lastinc;
>  	}
>  	lastinc = now;
>  	return timestamp;
>  }
>  
> -ulong get_timer_masked(void)
> +ulong get_timer(ulong base)
> +{
> +	return(get_timer_raw() - base);
> +}
> +
> +void set_timer(ulong t)
>  {
> -	return(get_timer_raw() / DIV(TIMER_LOAD_VAL));
> +	timestamp = t;
>  }
>  
> -void udelay_masked(unsigned long usec)
> +void udelay(unsigned long usec)
>  {
>  	ulong tmo;
>  	ulong endtime;
> @@ -165,8 +143,5 @@ unsigned long long get_ticks(void)
>   */
>  ulong get_tbclk(void)
>  {
> -	ulong tbclk;
> -
> -	tbclk = CFG_HZ;
> -	return(tbclk);
> +	return CFG_HZ;
>  }
> Index: uboot_davinci/include/configs/davinci_dvevm.h
> ===================================================================
> --- uboot_davinci.orig/include/configs/davinci_dvevm.h
> +++ uboot_davinci/include/configs/davinci_dvevm.h
> @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
>  #define CONFIG_ARM926EJS			/* arm926ejs CPU core */
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ	297000000	/* Arm Clock frequency */
>  #define CFG_TIMERBASE		0x01c21400	/* use timer 0 */
> -#define CFG_HZ_CLOCK		27000000	/* Timer Input clock freq */
> +#define TIM_CLK_DIV		16
> +#define CFG_HZ_CLOCK		(27000000/TIM_CLK_DIV) /* Timer clock freq */
>  #define CFG_HZ			1000
>  /*====================================================*/
>  /* EEPROM definitions for Atmel 24C256BN SEEPROM chip */
> Index: uboot_davinci/include/configs/davinci_schmoogie.h
> ===================================================================
> --- uboot_davinci.orig/include/configs/davinci_schmoogie.h
> +++ uboot_davinci/include/configs/davinci_schmoogie.h
> @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
>  #define CONFIG_ARM926EJS			/* arm926ejs CPU core */
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ	297000000	/* Arm Clock frequency */
>  #define CFG_TIMERBASE		0x01c21400	/* use timer 0 */
> -#define CFG_HZ_CLOCK		27000000	/* Timer Input clock freq */
> +#define TIM_CLK_DIV		16
> +#define CFG_HZ_CLOCK		(27000000/TIM_CLK_DIV) /* Timer clock freq */
>  #define CFG_HZ			1000
>  /*=============*/
>  /* Memory Info */
> Index: uboot_davinci/include/configs/davinci_sonata.h
> ===================================================================
> --- uboot_davinci.orig/include/configs/davinci_sonata.h
> +++ uboot_davinci/include/configs/davinci_sonata.h
> @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
>  #define CONFIG_ARM926EJS			/* arm926ejs CPU core */
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ	297000000	/* Arm Clock frequency */
>  #define CFG_TIMERBASE		0x01c21400	/* use timer 0 */
> -#define CFG_HZ_CLOCK		27000000	/* Timer Input clock freq */
> +#define TIM_CLK_DIV		16
> +#define CFG_HZ_CLOCK		(27000000/TIM_CLK_DIV) /* Timer clock freq */
>  #define CFG_HZ			1000
>  /*====================================================*/
>  /* EEPROM definitions for Atmel 24C256BN SEEPROM chip */
> 





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