Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] efuse driver for Tegra

From: Peter De Schrijver
Date: Fri May 30 2014 - 04:24:13 EST


On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 09:01:27PM +0200, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 05/28/2014 06:54 AM, Peter De Schrijver wrote:
> > This driver allows userspace to read the raw efuse data. Its userspace
> > interface is modelled after the sunxi_sid driver which provides similar
> > functionality for some Allwinner SoCs. It has been tested on
> > Tegra20 (ventana), Tegra30 (beaverboard), Tegra114 (dalmore) and
> > Tegra124 (jetson TK1).
>
> > Changes since v4:
> >
> > * Provide fallback to hardcoded 0x70000800 in case the apbmisc DT node is
> > missing. This is exactly what the current code does and prevents a system
> > crash in that case due to an invalid memory access by tegra_read_chipid()
>
> Wouldn't it be better to simply return an error?

This would mean you can't boot a system with these patches applied unless you
also update the device tree. The system would crash during boot because CCF
relies on tegra_read_chipid() as an APB barrier. Also tegra_boot_secondary()
relies on the chipid to select the correct method for booting secondary cores.

Cheers,

Peter.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/