[U-Boot] [patch/rfc] rm9200 lowevel_init: don't touch reserved/readonly registers

David Brownell david-b at pacbell.net
Tue Jun 9 20:12:32 CEST 2009


For some reason the AT91rm9200 lowlevel init writes to a bunch of
reserved or read-only addresses.  All the boards seem to define the
value-to-be-written values as zero ... but they shouldn't actually
be writing *anything* there.

If there's a real need to write these locations, like an erratum
that's not included in the current list, that should be reflected
in a source code comment.  Looks like maybe some very early BDI-2000
setup code has been carried along by cargo cult programming since
at least late 2004 (per GIT history).

Meanwhile, here's a patch/RFC disabling what seems to be bogosity.
If it's eventually a "go", the supporting code should be removed.
---
 cpu/arm920t/at91rm9200/lowlevel_init.S |   10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/cpu/arm920t/at91rm9200/lowlevel_init.S
+++ b/cpu/arm920t/at91rm9200/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ LoopOsc:
 	bne	0b
 	/* delay - this is all done by guess */
 	ldr	r0, =0x00010000
+	/* (vs reading PMC_SR for LOCKA, LOCKB ... or MOSCS earlier) */
 1:
 	subs	r0, r0, #1
 	bhi	1b
@@ -108,16 +109,22 @@ LoopOsc:
 	.ltorg
 
 SMRDATA:
+#if 0
+/* MC_PU* are reserved "do not use" memory controller addresses;
+ * see table 16-1 of the rm9200 manual
+ */
 	.word AT91C_MC_PUIA
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_MC_PUIA_VAL
 	.word AT91C_MC_PUP
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_MC_PUP_VAL
 	.word AT91C_MC_PUER
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_MC_PUER_VAL
+/* MC_ASR/AASR are read-only registers, see table 16-1 again */
 	.word AT91C_MC_ASR
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_MC_ASR_VAL
 	.word AT91C_MC_AASR
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_MC_AASR_VAL
+#endif
 	.word AT91C_EBI_CFGR
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_EBI_CFGR_VAL
 	.word AT91C_SMC_CSR0
@@ -128,8 +135,7 @@ SMRDATA:
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_PLLBR_VAL
 	.word AT91C_MCKR
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_MCKR_VAL
-	/* SMRDATA is 80 bytes long */
-	/* here there's a delay of 100 */
+	/* here there's a delay */
 SMRDATA1:
 	.word AT91C_PIOC_ASR
 	.word CONFIG_SYS_PIOC_ASR_VAL


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