[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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