[PATCH v2 0/8] Enable CONFIG_TIMER for all Kirkwood / MVEBU boards

[Tony Dinh]

Hi Stefan,

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 11:25 PM Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> wrote:
>
> This patchset enhaces the recently added Orion Timer driver to support
> all other Kirkwood & 32bit MVEBU Armada platforms. Additionally, this
> timer support is then enabled per default for those platforms, so that
> the board config files don't need to be changed. Also necessary is
> some dts hacking, so that the timer DT node is available in early
> U-Boot stages.
>
> I've successfully tested this patchset on an Armada XP board. Additional
> test on other boards and platforms are very welcome and necessary.

I've also discovered that the timer command (CONFIG_CMD_TIMER) was
broken at some time in the past. It does not keep time correctly
(lagging realtime badly), with or without this patch set . I think we
would want to investigate that issue later.

The sleep command works perfectly. Therefore,

Tested-by: Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com>

Thanks,
Tony

> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
> Stefan Roese (8):
>   timer: orion-timer: Use timer_conv_64() to fix timer wrap around
>   timer: orion-timer: Add support for other Armada SoC's
>   timer: orion-timer: Add timer_get_boot_us() for BOOTSTAGE support
>   arm: mvebu: Use CONFIG_TIMER on all MVEBU & KIRKWOOD platforms
>   arm: mvebu: dts: Makefile: Compile Armada 375 dtb in a separate step
>   arm: mvebu: dts: armada-375.dtsi: Add timer0 & timer1
>   arm: mvebu: dts: mvebu-u-boot.dtsi: Add "u-boot,dm-pre-reloc" to timer
>     DT node
>   kirkwood: lsxl: Sync defconfigs
>
>  arch/arm/Kconfig                          |  4 ++
>  arch/arm/dts/Makefile                     |  6 ++-
>  arch/arm/dts/armada-375.dtsi              |  4 +-
>  arch/arm/dts/mvebu-u-boot.dtsi            | 11 +++++
>  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/include/mach/config.h |  5 ---
>  configs/lschlv2_defconfig                 |  3 --
>  configs/lsxhl_defconfig                   |  3 --
>  drivers/timer/Kconfig                     |  5 ++-
>  drivers/timer/orion-timer.c               | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>  9 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.37.3
>