[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] ARM: MX31: print WRSR to indicate the source of the last reset

[Stefano Babic]

On 03/12/2011 02:15 PM, Anatolij Gustschin wrote:

> The reason for using wrsr register is that when reading this register,
> we can also recognize the software reset cause (SWFT, bit 0 is set).
> In our use case we have this requirement.

Ok, understood.

>> I do not think printing the reset cause should be implemented in
>> print_cpuinfo(), because it manages a different issue (reset cause
>> against CPU information). The print_cpuinfo() should have only CPU
>> related values, as clock values, and so on, as it is implemented now for
>> this and other processors. Better to add a different function for the
>> reset cause.
> 
> Were should we call this different function? Should be put it
> into init_sequence[]?

Well, I have not thought as a general function to be inserted in the
init_sequence, I do not know if other ARM processor can export this
function. On other i.MX processors, the reset cause is printed inside
the checkboard function, if CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is set, and not
inside print_cpuinfo(). I understand that the cpuinfo reports only how
to identify the CPU, and the reset cause should be handled separately.

IMHO should be enough to have a mxc_get_reset_cause() (or something like
this) that the board maintainer can call if for some reason he must
perform different actions according to the last reset cause. As name, I
would prefer to identify not static functions starting with mxc_, as I
am trying to uniform all i.MX exponing the same set of functions.

Best regards,
Stefano

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