On 11/25/2013 04:14 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote: > * Joel Fernandes <[email protected]> [131125 13:46]: >> Enabling of Posted mode is seen to cause problems on dmtimer modules on >> AM33xx >> (much like other OMAPs). Reference discussions on forums [1] [2]. Earlier >> patch solving this on other OMAPs [3]. >> >> For OMAP SoCs with this errata, the fix has been to not enable Posted mode. >> However, on some SoCs (atleast AM33xx) which carry this errata, Posted mode >> is enabled on reset. So we not only need to ignore enabling of the POSTED bit >> when the timer is requested, but also disable Posted mode if errata is >> present. > > This could explain some occasional lost timers I saw a while back when > testing things.. We most likely should merge for the -rc series with cc > stable.
Sure, I agree. > > Does this depend on the other patches in this series? > No it doesn't depend. thanks, -Joel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
