RE: [PATCH v2 1/2] mfd: dt: tps6586x: Add power off control

[Bill Huang]

> nvpublic
> > On 08/24/2012 06:36 PM, Bill Huang wrote:
> > >>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 06:07:55PM -0700, Bill Huang wrote:
> > >>>> Add DT property "ti,system-power-controller" telling whether or
> > >>>> not this pmic is in charge of controlling the system power, so
> > >>>> the power off routine can be hooked up to system call "pm_power_off".
> > ...
> > >>> I've seen the following while trying this patch applied on top of next-20120817:
> > >>>
> > >>> [   40.581151] Power down.
> > >>> [   41.583160] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > >>> [   41.587784] WARNING: at /home/thierry.reding/src/kernel/linux-
> ipmp.git/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-
> > >>> tegra.c:525 tegra_i2c_xfer+0x21c/0x29c()
> > ...
> > >> Thanks Thierry, I can repro this on Tegra20 inconsistently and
> > >> found, if current cpu is not cpu0 when doing "machine_shutdown" (it
> > >> will call "smp_send_stop"), i2c controller will failed to do any
> > >> transaction (looks like gic interrupt
> > will be disabled), I'll debug further to find out the root cause.
> > >>
> > >> By the way, Tegra30 is good since it will always be cpu0 when doing
> > >> "machine_shutdown", I still don't know why it makes the difference
> > >> against Tegra20 since I'm not familiar with those cpu stuffs and
> > >> what make it behave differently,
> > I'll study a bit, thanks.
> > >
> > > I've sent the shutdown issue for discussion in ARM list: Shutdown
> > > problem in SMP system happened on
> > Tegra20.
> > > The cause of the i2c timeout is pretty clear now and it is not
> > > directly related to this patch, so is this patch series acceptable? Any thoughts or comment?
> Thanks.
> >
> > I tend to agree; power off never worked without this patch, and
> > sometimes does with the patch, due to nothing wrong with this patch.
> >
> > Bill, please do follow up on getting the underlying Tegra issue solved
> > somehow though. IIRC, Joseph Lo or Prashant has a patch which enabled
> > the config option that Russell mentioned, so the fix may just be to wait for that patch to get
> finalized, but please double-check that solves it.
> > Thanks!
> 
> As per the shutdown issue discussion, enabling CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP is the only solution and I've
> confirmed that fix the issue, thanks.

Hi sameo,

Is there any concern on this patch series?

Thanks,
Bill
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