[U-Boot] [PATCH] arm926ejs: timer: Replace bss variable by gdr

[Heiko Schocher]

Hello Albert,

Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Le 20/01/2011 21:43, Albert ARIBAUD a écrit :
>> Le 10/12/2010 10:33, Heiko Schocher a écrit :
>>> Reuse the gd->tbl value for timestamp and add gd->lastinc for lastinc bss
>>> values in the arm926ejs timers implementation.
>>>
>>> The usage of bss values in drivers before initialisation of bss is forbidden.
>>> In that special case some data in .rel.dyn gets corrupted.
>>>
>>> This patch is similiar to the patch Dirk Behme posted
>>> for the armv7/omap-common/timer.c and added suggestions
>>> from Reinhard Meyer.
>>>
>>> Tested on the arm926ejs mx27 based magnesium board
>>> Tested on the arm926ejs kirkwood based suen3 board
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher<hs at denx.de>
>>> cc: Albert ARIBAUD<albert.aribaud at free.fr>
>>> cc: Prafulla Wadaskar<prafulla at marvell.com>
>>> cc: Stefano Babic<sbabic at denx.de>
>>> cc: Reinhard Meyer<u-boot at emk-elektronik.de>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher<hs at denx.de>
>>> ---
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/timer.c   |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/kirkwood/timer.c  |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mb86r0x/timer.c   |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mx25/timer.c      |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mx27/timer.c      |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/omap/timer.c      |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/orion5x/timer.c   |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/spear/timer.c     |    6 ++++--
>>>    arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/versatile/timer.c |    6 ++++--
>>>    9 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
[...]
>>>    #define TIMER_ENABLE	(1<<   7)
>>>    #define TIMER_MODE_MSK	(1<<   6)
>> Applied to u-boot-arm, with a trivial merge for davinci.
> 
> Correction -- can't apply it *and* retain correct authorship in commit. 
> Heiko, can you post a rebased version?

Ok, I rebase this patch against current mainline, and send a new
version.

bye,
Heiko
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