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2017-11-08clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Add dt binding for hisilicon-161010101 ↵Ding Tianhong
erratum [ Upstream commit 729e55225b1f6225ee7a2a358d5141a3264627c4 ] This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision register from common arch timer code would be awkward. So, describe it in the device tree. Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@verizon.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-04-12clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Don't assume clock runs in suspendBrian Norris
[ Upstream commit d8ec7595a013237f82d965dcf981571aeb41855b ] The ARM specifies that the system counter "must be implemented in an always-on power domain," and so we try to use the counter as a source of timekeeping across suspend/resume. Unfortunately, some SoCs (e.g., Rockchip's RK3399) do not keep the counter ticking properly when switched from their high-power clock to the lower-power clock used in system suspend. Support this quirk by adding a new device tree property. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@verizon.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-23arm64: arch_timer: Add device tree binding for A-008585 erratumScott Wood
This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision register from common arch timer code would be awkward. So, describe it in the device tree. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <oss@buserror.net> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
2015-04-16Doc: dt: arch_timer: discourage clock-frequency useMark Rutland
The ARM Generic Timer (AKA the architected timer, arm_arch_timer) features a CPU register (CNTFRQ) which firmware is intended to initialize, and non-secure software can read to determine the frequency of the timer. On CPUs with secure state, this register cannot be written from non-secure states. The firmware of early SoCs featuring the timer did not correctly initialize CNTFRQ correctly on all CPUs, requiring the frequency to be described in DT as a workaround. This workaround is not complete however as it is exposed to all software in a privileged non-secure mode (including guests running under a hypervisor). The firmware and DTs for recent SoCs have followed the example set by these early SoCs. This patch updates the arch timer binding documentation to make it clearer that the use of the clock-frequency property is a poor work-around. The MMIO generic timer binding is similarly updated, though this is less of a concern as there is generally no need to expose the MMIO timers to guest OSs. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
2014-12-04clocksource: arch_timer: Allow the device tree to specify uninitialized ↵Doug Anderson
timer registers Some 32-bit (ARMv7) systems are architected like this: * The firmware doesn't know and doesn't care about hypervisor mode and we don't want to add the complexity of hypervisor there. * The firmware isn't involved in SMP bringup or resume. * The ARCH timer come up with an uninitialized offset (CNTVOFF) between the virtual and physical counters. Each core gets a different random offset. * The device boots in "Secure SVC" mode. * Nothing has touched the reset value of CNTHCTL.PL1PCEN or CNTHCTL.PL1PCTEN (both default to 1 at reset) On systems like the above, it doesn't make sense to use the virtual counter. There's nobody managing the offset and each time a core goes down and comes back up it will get reinitialized to some other random value. This adds an optional property which can inform the kernel of this situation, and firmware is free to remove the property if it is going to initialize the CNTVOFF registers when each CPU comes out of reset. Currently, the best course of action in this case is to use the physical timer, which is why it is important that CNTHCTL hasn't been changed from its reset value and it's a reasonable assumption given that the firmware has never entered HYP mode. Note that it's been said that on ARMv8 systems the firmware and kernel really can't be architected as described above. That means using the physical timer like this really only makes sense for ARMv7 systems. Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
2014-04-29clocksource: arch_arm_timer: Fix age-old arch timer C3STOP detection issueLorenzo Pieralisi
ARM arch timers are tightly coupled with the CPU logic and lose context on platform implementing HW power management when cores are powered down at run-time. Marking the arch timers as C3STOP regardless of power management capabilities causes issues on platforms with no power management, since in that case the arch timers cannot possibly enter states where the timer loses context at runtime and therefore can always be used as a high resolution clockevent device. In order to fix the C3STOP issue in a way compliant with how real HW works, this patch adds a boolean property to the arch timer bindings to define if the arch timer is managed by an always-on power domain. This power domain is present on all ARM platforms to date, and manages HW that must not be turned off, whatever the state of other HW components (eg power controller). On platforms with no power management capabilities, it is the only power domain present, which encompasses and manages power supply for all HW components in the system. If the timer is powered by the always-on power domain, the always-on property must be present in the bindings which means that the timer cannot be shutdown at runtime, so it is not a C3STOP clockevent device. If the timer binding does not contain the always-on property, the timer is assumed to be power-gateable, hence it must be defined as a C3STOP clockevent device. Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Cc: Magnus Damm <damm@opensource.se> Cc: Marc Carino <marc.ceeeee@gmail.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
2013-08-01Documentation: Add memory mapped ARM architected timer bindingStephen Boyd
Add a binding for the arm architected timer hardware's memory mapped interface. The mmio timer hardware is made up of one base frame and a collection of up to 8 timer frames, where each of the 8 timer frames can have either one or two views. A frame typically maps to a privilege level (user/kernel, hypervisor, secure). The first view has full access to the registers within a frame, while the second view can be restricted to particular registers within a frame. Each frame must support a physical timer. It's optional for a frame to support a virtual timer. Cc: devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
2013-01-31Documentation: Add ARMv8 to arch_timer devicetreeMark Rutland
Currently the documentation for the arch_timer devicetree binding only lists "arm,armv7-timer". Add "arm,armv8-timer" to the list of compatible strings. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com>
2012-04-27ARM: architected timers: add DT supportMarc Zyngier
Add runtime DT support and documentation for the Cortex A7/A15 architected timers. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>