[PATCH v3 4/8] arm: mvebu: Use CONFIG_TIMER on all MVEBU & KIRKWOOD platforms

Pali Rohár pali at kernel.org
Mon Nov 7 09:45:08 CET 2022


On Monday 07 November 2022 09:13:37 Stefan Roese wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> On 07.11.22 09:11, Chris Packham wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022, 7:23 PM Stefan Roese, <sr at denx.de
> > <mailto:sr at denx.de>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Hi Chris,
> > 
> >     On 05.11.22 05:08, Chris Packham wrote:
> >      > On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 5:03 PM Chris Packham
> >     <judge.packham at gmail.com <mailto:judge.packham at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      >>
> >      >> Hi Stefan,
> >      >>
> >      >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 2:23 AM Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de
> >     <mailto:sr at denx.de>> wrote:
> >      >>>
> >      >>> Now that the new timer support is available for these
> >     platforms, let's
> >      >>> select this IF for all these platforms. This way it's not necessary
> >      >>> that each board changes it's config header.
> >      >>>
> >      >>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de <mailto:sr at denx.de>>
> >      >>> Tested-by: Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com <mailto:mibodhi at gmail.com>>
> >      >>> ---
> >      >>> v3:
> >      >>> - No change
> >      >>>
> >      >>> v2:
> >      >>> - No change
> >      >>>
> >      >>>   arch/arm/Kconfig                          | 4 ++++
> >      >>>   arch/arm/mach-mvebu/include/mach/config.h | 5 -----
> >      >>>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >      >>>
> >      >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >      >>> index 82cd456f51f1..4ed100ab0ede 100644
> >      >>> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >      >>> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >      >>> @@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ config ARCH_KIRKWOOD
> >      >>>          select BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
> >      >>>          select CPU_ARM926EJS
> >      >>>          select GPIO_EXTRA_HEADER
> >      >>> +       select TIMER
> >      >>>
> >      >>>   config ARCH_MVEBU
> >      >>>          bool "Marvell MVEBU family (Armada XP/375/38x/3700/7K/8K)"
> >      >>> @@ -629,6 +630,8 @@ config ARCH_MVEBU
> >      >>>          select GPIO_EXTRA_HEADER
> >      >>>          select SPL_DM_SPI if SPL
> >      >>>          select SPL_DM_SPI_FLASH if SPL
> >      >>> +       select SPL_TIMER if SPL
> >      >>> +       select TIMER
> >      >>>          select OF_CONTROL
> >      >>>          select OF_SEPARATE
> >      >>>          select SPI
> >      >>> @@ -639,6 +642,7 @@ config ARCH_ORION5X
> >      >>>          select CPU_ARM926EJS
> >      >>>          select GPIO_EXTRA_HEADER
> >      >>>          select SPL_SEPARATE_BSS if SPL
> >      >>> +       select TIMER
> >      >>>
> >      >>>   config TARGET_STV0991
> >      >>>          bool "Support stv0991"
> >      >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/include/mach/config.h
> >     b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/include/mach/config.h
> >      >>> index 4add0d9e1030..9b5036c31dd3 100644
> >      >>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/include/mach/config.h
> >      >>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/include/mach/config.h
> >      >>> @@ -41,9 +41,4 @@
> >      >>>   #endif
> >      >>>   #endif
> >      >>>
> >      >>> -/* Use common timer */
> >      >>> -#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_COUNTS_DOWN
> >      >>> -#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_COUNTER       (MVEBU_TIMER_BASE + 0x14)
> >      >>> -#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_RATE          25000000
> >      >>> -
> >      >>>   #endif /* __MVEBU_CONFIG_H */
> >      >>> --
> >      >>> 2.37.3
> >      >>>
> >      >>
> >      >> I think this may have broken the 64-bit mvebu SoCs (at least
> >     reverting
> >      >> it gets my AC5X series back to a working state). As far as I can
> >     tell
> >      >> none of them have anything that would bring in any timer driver.
> >      >
> >      > The following seems to sort things out without the need for a revert
> >      >
> >      > diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >      > index 710f171f87..e8968d61cd 100644
> >      > --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >      > +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >      > @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ config ARCH_MVEBU
> >      >          select SPL_DM_SPI if SPL
> >      >          select SPL_DM_SPI_FLASH if SPL
> >      >          select SPL_TIMER if SPL
> >      > -       select TIMER
> >      > +       select TIMER if !ARM64
> >      >          select OF_CONTROL
> >      >          select OF_SEPARATE
> >      >          select SPI
> >      >
> >      > I'll include it in the series I'm about to send.
> > 
> >     Thanks. Even though I wonder a bit that no other ARM64 Marvell user
> >     stumbled over this yet.
> > 
> > 
> > Yeah I did wonder. I do have access to another less obscure Marvell
> > board at $dayjob. I'll see if I can confirm whether it needs the same
> > change or not.
> 
> Cool, thanks. I'm running a CI build right now and will push your
> patches later today if all works fine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefan

Sorry, I have not tested A3720 with all those changes. So I do not know.
I tested only A385 and it worked fine.


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