[PATCH 4/4] arch/powerpc/44x/fsp2: wdt tcr update instead of whole rewrite
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Fri May 19 20:30:06 AEST 2017
On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 16:07 +0300, Ivan Mikhaylov wrote:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FSP2
> + /*
> + * Prevent a kernel panic caused by unintentionally clearing TCR
> + * watchdog bits. At this point in the kernel boot, the watchdog has
> + * already been enabled by u-boot. The original code's attempt to
> + * write to the TCR register results in an inadvertent clearing of the
> + * watchdog configuration bits, causing the 440 to reset.
> + */
> + tcr = mfspr(SPRN_TCR);
> + tcr &= TCR_WP_MASK; /* clear all bits except for TCR[WP] */
> + tcr |= TCR_DIE; /* enable decrementer */
> + mtspr(SPRN_TCR, tcr);
> +#else
This should be a runtime test, not a compile time option.
Cheers,
Ben.
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