Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:00:52 -0700 | From | "Jordan Crouse" <> | Subject | Re: CS5536 mfgpt timer setup register hangs board |
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On 25/01/08 15:50 -0800, Hasan Rashid wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been working on a watchdog timer using the mfgpt on AMD Geode > CS5536. I initialize the setup register MFGPT0_SETUP (0x6206) with hex > value 0x306 (1100000110b). However, after this first initialization if I > ever read/write to the register it hangs the system. > > I have been through all the documentation, tried several different methods > but all the efforts, frustratingly, to no avail. > > Does anyone have any idea as to why would this be? TIA!
It looks like you are using TinyBIOS. Make sure that if you are using v0.99 that you do *not* enable the MFGPT workaround. If you are using an older version, then you will need this patch:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/23/372
And enable mfgptfix on the command line. There seems to be a problem with the MFGPT "workaround" that causes hangs exactly like you are seeing.
Jordan
-- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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