Re: [PATCH 6/7] arm: mediatek: enable gpt6 on boot up to make arch timer working

[Linus Walleij]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Matthias Brugger
<matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We enable GTP6 which ungates the arch timer clock. Apart we write the
> frequency with which the timer is running in the CNTFREQ register.
> In the future this should be done in the bootloader.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx>
(...)

> +       if (of_machine_is_compatible("mediatek,mt6589")) {
> +               /* set cntfreq register which is not done in bootloader */
> +               asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0" : : "r" (13000000));

I guess this is for something like the ARM arch timer in
drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c

Instead of doing this, use the DT property "clock-frequency" on
the ARM arch timer node, as that overrides the CP15 setting.

> +
> +               /* turn on GPT6 which ungates arch timer clocks */
> +               gpt_base = ioremap(GPT6_CON_MT65xx, 0x04);
> +       }
> +
> +       /* enabel clock and set to free-run */
> +       if (gpt_base)
> +               writel(0x31, gpt_base);

Why is this not done properly in the GPT driver (I guess
in drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c) instead of remapping
it and fiddling around in the machine?

If it only affects the mt6589 just add another compatible string
to that driver like "mediatek,mt6589-timer" as it properly reflects the
fact that this timer is slightly different on the 6589.

Also use a #define for the magic constant 0x31.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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