Subject: [PATCH] ux500 : decouple/recouple gic from the PRCMU

From: [email-masked] (Rickard Andersson)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:39:00 +0100

On 02/06/2012 03:10 PM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 02/06/2012 10:19 AM, Rickard Andersson wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Our comments:
> Thanks Rickard and Jonas for your comments.
>
>> - function names don't match commit comment disable/enable vs
>> recouple/decouple. Decouple is a better name than disable, because GIC
>> is not really disabled it is just disconnected.
> Ok, that makes sense.
>
>> - there is no reason to place these functions inside the db8500-prcmu.c
>> file. There is so much stuff in the PRCMU register base so we can not
>> have everything in one file. Why not have it as it is?
> Why spread the prcmu code when it is related to the prcmu ?
>
> Linus ? What do you think ?
>
>> - why the gic_mask function?
> Because the register has 31 bits reserved which could be used later
> without modifying this function.
This is will most likely not happen. If that happens we could add that 
function then. We should remove it for now.
>> - The original code has been updated and now looks like this:
> That is the same code, except the while loop where, if this code
> assumption is correct, means we will do only one iteration in the loop.
Yes, but in theory you can be stuck forever in that loop, so please 
remove the loop.

BR
Rickard