Re: [PATCH] EDAC: altera: Add SDRAM ECC check for U-Boot

[Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>]

On Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 09:41:18AM +0800, niravkumar.l.rabara@intel.com wrote:
> From: Rabara Niravkumar L <niravkumar.l.rabara@intel.com>
> 
> A bug in legacy U-Boot causes a crash during SDRAM boot if ECC
> is not enabled in the bitstream but enabled in the Linux config.
> 
> Memory mapped read of the ECC Enabled bit was only enabled
> if U-Boot determined ECC was enabled in the bitstream.
> 
> The Linux driver checks the ECC enable bit using a memory map
> read. In the ECC disabled bitstream case, U-Boot didn't
> enable ECC register memory map reads and since they are not
> allowed this results in a crash.
> 
> This patch always reads the ECC Enable register through a

Avoid having "This patch" or "This commit" in the commit message. It is
tautologically useless.

Also, do

$ git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process

for more details.

I've removed it now but pls pay attention for the future.

> SMC call which is always allowed and it works with legacy
> and current U-Boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rabara Niravkumar L <niravkumar.l.rabara@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/altera_edac.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

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