SPI controller hangs in 2.6 and not in 2.4

DI BACCO ANTONIO - technolabs Antonio.DiBacco at technolabs.it
Mon Feb 26 00:41:05 EST 2007


Hi all,

strange problem with SPI 8xx controller. I attach a litte code snippet that I use to produce the hang, just when giving the start command to the controller, the kernel hangs. START command is given in transmit_data called directly in init.

#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>

#include <linux/delay.h>               // for udelay()
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/semaphore.h>

#include <asm/commproc.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>       // for request_mem_region
#include <asm/irq.h>            // for SIU_IRQ1

#define SPI_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE     8
#define BD_SC_ME        ((ushort)0x0001)    /* Multi Master Error */
#define SPCOM_STR             0x80    /* Start transmission command */


volatile car8xx_t       *carp; 
volatile spi_t          *spi;  
volatile immap_t        *immap;
volatile cpic8xx_t      *cpi;  
volatile cpm8xx_t       *cp;   
volatile iop8xx_t       *iop;  

static cbd_t *tbdf, *rbdf;

static u8* txbuffer;
static u8* rxbuffer;
static u16 r_tbase, r_rbase;
u8 txbuf[32];
u8 rxbuf[32];

static int transmit_data()
{
   int result = 0;  // default is no error

   // BD status/control register
   tbdf->cbd_sc = BD_SC_READY | BD_SC_WRAP | BD_SC_LAST;
   rbdf->cbd_sc = BD_SC_EMPTY | BD_SC_WRAP | BD_SC_INTRPT;

   cp->cp_spmode = 0x0778 | SPMODE_LOOP;   		   // spi mode setting
   cp->cp_spmode |= 0x0100;                // enable SPI
   cp->cp_spie   = 0xff;                   // clear all spi events
   cp->cp_spim   = 0x37;                   // mask all SPI events

   udelay(5); // Wait 5 microsecs

   cp->cp_spcom = SPCOM_STR;   // start the transfer

   printk("after spcom\n");
   udelay(100);
   // go on and clear chip select befor looking at the result

   // wait 2 character times before writing to SPI bus again !!! ?????

   cp->cp_spmode = 0x00;   // reset spi mode


   // test receive and transmit buffer descriptor for errors
   if (rbdf->cbd_sc & (BD_SC_EMPTY | BD_SC_OV | BD_SC_ME))
   {
           result = -EIO;
   }
   if (tbdf->cbd_sc & (BD_SC_READY | BD_SC_UN | BD_SC_ME))
   {
           result = -EIO;
   }

        return result;
} // int transmit_data


static int hello_init(void)
{
	u32 dp_addr;
        // get pointer to processors internal memory map
        immap = (immap_t *)IMAP_ADDR;
        //  printk("*** spi_read: immap = 0x%08x ***\n",(unsigned int)immap);

        // get pointer to cpm interrupt controller
        cpi = (cpic8xx_t*)&(((volatile immap_t*)IMAP_ADDR)->im_cpic);
        //  printk("*** spi_read: cpi = 0x%08x ***\n",(unsigned int)cpi);

        // get pointer to input/output port
        iop = (iop8xx_t *)&(((volatile immap_t *)IMAP_ADDR)->im_ioport);
        //  printk("*** spi_read: iop = 0x%08x ***\n",(unsigned int)iop);

        // get pointer to communication processor
        cp = (cpm8xx_t *)&(((volatile immap_t *)IMAP_ADDR)->im_cpm);
        //  printk("*** spi_init: cp = 0x%08x ***\n",(unsigned int)cp);

        // get pointer to Serial Peripheral Interface parameter RAM
        spi = (spi_t *)&cp->cp_dparam[PROFF_SPI];
        //  printk("*** spi_init: spi = 0x%08x ***\n",(unsigned int)spi);

        // get pointer to clocks and reset
        carp = (car8xx_t *)&((volatile immap_t *)IMAP_ADDR)->im_clkrst;
        //  printk("*** spi_init: carp = 0x%08x ***\n",(unsigned int)carp);

        // ------------------------------------------
        //  SCCR[DFBRG] = 0  -->  BRGCLK = vcoout/1          ### verwenden nicht auch andere in ioDriver ????
        // ------------------------------------------
        carp->car_sccr &= 0xFFFFE7FF;

        //  initialize the parameter ram
        //  we need to make sure many things are initialized to zero
        spi->spi_rstate = 0;
        spi->spi_rdp = 0;
        spi->spi_rbptr = 0;
        spi->spi_rbc = 0;
        spi->spi_rxtmp = 0;
        spi->spi_tstate = 0;
        spi->spi_tdp = 0;
        spi->spi_tbptr = 0;
        spi->spi_tbc = 0;
        spi->spi_txtmp = 0;

        // allocate space for one transmit and one receive buffer descriptor in the DP ram
        dp_addr = cpm_dpalloc(sizeof(cbd_t) * 2, 8);
        // printk("*** spi_init: dp_addr = 0x%08x ***\n",(unsigned int)dp_addr);

        // Set up the SPI parameters in the parameter ram
        spi->spi_rbase = r_rbase = dp_addr;
        spi->spi_tbase = r_tbase = dp_addr + sizeof(cbd_t);

        // ***********IMPORTANT******************
        // setting transmit and receive buffer descriptor
        // pointers initially to rbase and tbase. Only the
        // microcode patches documentation talks about initializing
        // this pointer. This is missing from the sample I2C driver.
        // If you dont initialize these pointers, the kernel hangs.
        spi->spi_rbptr = spi->spi_rbase;
        spi->spi_tbptr = spi->spi_tbase;

        // Set to big endian
        spi->spi_tfcr = SMC_EB;
        spi->spi_rfcr = SMC_EB;

        spi->spi_mrblr = SPI_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE;    // Set maximum receive size
        //  printk("*** spi_init: spi->spi_mrblr = 0x%04x ***\n",spi->spi_mrblr);

        cp->cp_cpcr |= 0x51;    // Setting CPCR

        immap->im_siu_conf.sc_sdcr = 0x0001;    // sets SDMA configuration register
        cpi->cpic_cicr |= 0x00000580;           // enable cpm interrupts, spi has highest priority
        cpi->cpic_cimr |= 0x00000020;           // enable spi interrupts

        cp->cp_spie = 0xff;     // clear all spi events

        //  printk("*** spi_init: iop->iop_pcdat = 0x%04x ***\n", iop->iop_pcdat);

        // ------------------------------------------------
        // initialize Port B SPI pins -> page 34-8 MPC860UM
        // (we are only in master mode !)
        // ------------------------------------------------

        // --------------------------------------------
        // GPIO or per. function
        // PBPAR[28] = 1  -> PERI: (SPIMISO)
        // PBPAR[29] = 1  -> PERI: (SPIMOSI)
        // PBPAR[30] = 1  -> PERI: (SPICLK)
        // --------------------------------------------
        cp->cp_pbpar |= 0x0000000E;  // set bits
       //  printk("*** spi_init: cp->cp_pbpar\n              ADR=0x%08x\n              VAL=0x%08x\n",(unsigned int)&cp->cp_pbpar, cp->cp_pbpar);

        // ----------------------------------------------
        // In/Out or per. function 0/1
        // PBDIR[28] = 1  -> PERI1: SPIMISO
        // PBDIR[29] = 1  -> PERI1: SPIMOSI
        // PBDIR[30] = 1  -> PERI1: SPICLK
        // ----------------------------------------------
        cp->cp_pbdir |= 0x0000000E;
        //printk("*** spi_init: cp->cp_pbdir\n              ADR=0x%08x\n              VAL=0x%08x\n",(unsigned int)&cp->cp_pbdir, cp->cp_pbdir);

        // -------------------------------------------------------------
        // attention: PBODR is a 32-bit-register,
        // but in the memory-map-struct it is handled as
        // 16-bit-register because lower 16 bit are always 0
        //
        // open drain or active output
        // PBODR[28] = 1  -> open drain: SPIMISO
        // PBODR[29] = 0  -> active output SPIMOSI
        // PBODR[30] = 0  -> active output: SPICLK
        // -------------------------------------------------------------
        //  printk("\n*** cp->cp_pbodr = 0x%08x ***\n",cp->cp_pbodr);
        cp->cp_pbodr |= 0x0008;  // set bits
        cp->cp_pbodr &= 0xFFF9;  // reset bits
        //  printk("*** spi_init: cp->cp_pbodr\n              ADR=0x%08x\n              VAL=0x%04x\n",(unsigned int)&cp->cp_pbodr, cp->cp_pbodr);

        //  printk("*** spi_init: cp->cp_pbdat\n              ADR=0x%08x\n              VAL=0x%08x\n",(unsigned int)&cp->cp_pbdat, cp->cp_pbdat);

        // tx and rx buffer descriptors
        tbdf = (cbd_t *)&cp->cp_dpmem[r_tbase];
        rbdf = (cbd_t *)&cp->cp_dpmem[r_rbase];

        // initialize tx and tx bd's
        tbdf->cbd_sc &= ~BD_SC_READY;
        rbdf->cbd_sc &= ~BD_SC_EMPTY;

        // Allocate memory as required
        rxbuffer = (u8*)m8xx_cpm_hostalloc(SPI_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);  // Memory alloc for receive buffer
        txbuffer = (u8*)m8xx_cpm_hostalloc(SPI_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);  // Memory alloc for transmit buffer

        // Set the bd's rx and tx buffer address pointers
        rbdf->cbd_bufaddr = virt_to_bus((void *)rxbuffer);                                 
        tbdf->cbd_bufaddr = virt_to_bus((void *)txbuffer);                 
	
	
	transmit_data();
	
  return 0;
}


static void hello_exit(void)
{
}

module_init(hello_init);
module_exit(hello_exit);

MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
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