Workaround for errata 4712; on an SMP system the PIC can get stuck
trying to read the next available interrupt from INTACK in case there's
only a spurious available. The workaround is to program timers to cause
interrupts every now and then, which recovers from the lockup.
Index: mainline/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
===================================================================
--- mainline.orig/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ mainline/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1602,3 +1602,37 @@ static int mpic_init_sys(void)
}
device_initcall(mpic_init_sys);
+
+
+static irqreturn_t intr_4712(int irq, void *data)
+{
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+static int do_4712_workaround(void)
+{
+ struct mpic *mpic = mpic_primary;
+ int irq, ret;
+
+ /* HACK: setup timers 4 and 5: 2Hz for now, hold off for 1 sec */
+ /* Steal vectors 250 and 251, nothing uses them */
+
+ irq = irq_create_mapping(NULL, 250);
+ ret = request_irq(irq, &intr_4712, IRQF_DISABLED, "4712 workaround
cpu0", NULL);
+ irq = irq_create_mapping(NULL, 251);
+ ret = request_irq(irq, &intr_4712, IRQF_DISABLED, "4712 workaround
cpu1", NULL);
+
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 0 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_DESTINATION), 1);
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 0 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_VECTOR_PRI), (10 << MPIC_VECPRI_PRIORITY_SHIFT) | 250);
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 0 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_BASE_CNT), 8333333/4);
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 0 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_CURRENT_CNT), 8333333);
+
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 3 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_DESTINATION), 2);
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 3 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_VECTOR_PRI), (10 << MPIC_VECPRI_PRIORITY_SHIFT) | 251);
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 3 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_BASE_CNT), 8333333/4);
+ mpic_write(mpic->tmregs, 3 * MPIC_INFO(TIMER_STRIDE) +
MPIC_INFO(TIMER_CURRENT_CNT), 8333333);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(do_4712_workaround);
+
--
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