[PATCH v3 6/6] gpio: aspeed: Add the flush write to ensure the write complete.

Billy Tsai billy_tsai at aspeedtech.com
Thu Sep 19 16:07:10 AEST 2024


> > Performing a dummy read ensures that the register write operation is fully
> > completed, mitigating any potential bus delays that could otherwise impact
> > the frequency of bitbang usage. E.g., if the JTAG application uses GPIO to
> > control the JTAG pins (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO, and TRST), and the application
> > sets the TCK clock to 1 MHz, the GPIO’s high/low transitions will rely on
> > a delay function to ensure the clock frequency does not exceed 1 MHz.
> > However, this can lead to rapid toggling of the GPIO because the write
> > operation is POSTed and does not wait for a bus acknowledgment.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Billy Tsai <billy_tsai at aspeedtech.com>

> ... are you aware of any other driver concerns of a similar nature wrt
> the architecture of the SoCs?

No, we are only aware of this issue with the GPIO controller, which affects
the output pin behavior immediately after register write.


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