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clocksource: arc_timer: update some comments

Message ID 1519241491-12570-1-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com
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Series clocksource: arc_timer: update some comments | expand

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Vineet Gupta Feb. 21, 2018, 7:31 p.m. UTC 
TIMER0 interrupt ACK is different for ARC700 and HS3x cores.

This came to light in some internal discussions and it is nice to have
this documented rather than digging up the PRM (Prog Ref Manual) again

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
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 drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
index 4927355f9cbe..471b428d8034 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
@@ -251,9 +251,14 @@  static irqreturn_t timer_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	int irq_reenable = clockevent_state_periodic(evt);
 
 	/*
-	 * Any write to CTRL reg ACks the interrupt, we rewrite the
-	 * Count when [N]ot [H]alted bit.
-	 * And re-arm it if perioid by [I]nterrupt [E]nable bit
+	 * 1. ACK the interrupt
+	 *    - For ARC700, any write to CTRL reg ACKs it, so just rewrite
+	 *      Count when [N]ot [H]alted bit.
+	 *    - For HS3x, it is a bit subtle. On taken count-down interrupt,
+	 *      IP bit [3] is set, which needs to be cleared for ACK'ing.
+	 *      The write below can only update the other two bits, hence
+	 *      explicitly clears IP bit
+	 * 2. Re-arm interrupt if periodic by writing to IE bit [0]
 	 */
 	write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_TIMER0_CTRL, irq_reenable | TIMER_CTRL_NH);