Re: [PATCHv5 09/10] DTS: ARM: OMAP3-N900: Add SSI support

From: Sebastian Reichel
Date: Wed May 21 2014 - 20:06:12 EST


Hi,

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 03:08:07PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx> [140521 14:51]:
> > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 12:45:28PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >
> > Right. The only documentation of the SSI module is existing
> > code sent by Carlos / included in the maemo kernel.
>
> That's probably better than any documentation though :)

Both have their advantages. Just with the code its hard to add
features like context loss checks.

> > > > It's probably something with the sysc or idlemodes that
> > > > keeps things from idling. Maybe wrong address? Or wrong
> > > > flags? I'm pretty sure it was the first .dts patch out of
> > > > these two as the second one alone did not apply.
> > >
> > > Hmm yeah below is probably how it should be, does this
> > > work for you? With this fix applied and your ssi dts
> > > patches n900 keeps hitting off-idle for me.
> >
> > I can confirm, that the N900 hits idle states when the DT
> > patch and the hwmod patch is applied. I have not actually
> > tested if it also works without your hwmod patch.
> >
> > There are still problems with the idle state if the driver is
> > actually loaded (and I see 100% runtime pm usage in powertop),
> > but that can be fixed later.
> >
> > Feel free to add Tested-by/Acked-By to the hwmod patch.
>
> OK thanks for testing.

You are welcome.

> I'll apply your dts changes as soon as I have an ack from Paul on
> the hwmod changes. Probably best to queue them together to avoid
> PM breaking.

Ok. Sounds legit.

-- Sebastian

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