SPRZ436G October   2015  – February 2021 AM5706 , AM5708 , AM5716 , AM5718 , AM5718-HIREL

 

  1. 1Introduction
    1.     Related Documentation
    2.     Trademarks
    3.     Modules Impacted
  2. 2Silicon Advisories
    1.     Revisions SR 2.1, 2.0, 1.0 - Advisories List
    2.     i202
    3.     i378
    4.     i631
    5.     i694
    6.     i698
    7.     i699
    8.     i709
    9.     i727
    10.     i729
    11.     i734
    12.     i767
    13.     i782
    14.     i783
    15.     i802
    16.     i803
    17.     i807
    18.     i808
    19.     i809
    20.     i810
    21.     i813
    22.     i814
    23.     i815
    24.     i818
    25.     i819
    26.     i820
    27.     i824
    28.     i826
    29.     i829
    30.     i834
    31.     i849
    32.     i856
    33.     i862
    34.     i863
    35.     i867
    36.     i868
    37.     i869
    38.     i870
    39.     i871
    40.     i872
    41.     i874
    42.     i875
    43.     i878
    44.     i879
    45.     i880
    46.     i882
    47.     i883
    48.     i887
    49.     i889
    50.     i890
    51.     i893
    52.     i895
    53.     i896
    54.     i897
    55.     i898
    56.     i899
    57.     i900
    58.     i903
    59.     i904
    60.     i906
    61.     i907
    62.     i913
    63.     i916
    64.     i927
    65.     i928
    66.     i929
    67.     i930
    68.     i932
    69.     i933
    70.     i936
    71.     i940
  3. 3Silicon Limitations
    1.     Revisions SR 2.1, 2.0, 1.0 - Limitations List
    2.     i596
    3.     i641
    4.     i833
    5.     i838
    6.     i845
    7.     i848
    8.     i876
    9.     i877
    10.     i892
    11.     i909
    12.     i922
    13.     i925
  4. 4Silicon Cautions
    1.     Revisions SR 2.1, 2.0, 1.0 - Cautions List
    2.     i827
    3.     i832
    4.     i836
    5.     i839
    6.     i864
    7.     i885
    8.     i886
    9.     i912
    10.     i918
    11.     i920
    12.     i921
    13.     i926
    14.     i931
    15.     i934
    16.     i935
  5. 5Revision History

i699

DMA4 Channel Fails to Continue with Descriptor Load When Pause Bit Is Cleared

CRITICALITY

Low

DESCRIPTION

This Bug can occur only in a channel that is part of a channel chain. If channel chaining is not used, this bug is never seen.

An exact corner case sequence of events must occur. The sequence is:

  • The channel is enabled and then aborted*.
  • This same channel is now configured as part of a channel chain (it should not be the head of the channel chain).
  • The channel is configured as "software synchronized" or "hardware synchronized at destination with prefetch enabled".
  • The channel gets enabled through linking.

* Following is the subset of abort conditions for this scenario:

  • The channel is disabled in the middle of transaction and channnel is not a drain candidate.
  • The channel gets a transaction error on write port but not at the end-of-block transaction.
  • The channel gets a read transaction error and is not a drain candidate.

WORKAROUND

The software workaround is to configure DMA4 to be in no-standby or force-standby mode before clearing the PAUSE bit. The DMA4 can be reverted back to smart-standby mode after a certain period (after detecting DMA4_CSRi[15:15] of corresponding channel to be 0 or ensuring DMA4_CSRi[7:7] bit of corresponding channel to be 0. This ensures descriptor load completion or channel termination.

REVISIONS IMPACTED

AM571x SR 2.1, 2.0, 1.0
AM570x SR 2.1, 2.0

DRA79x: 2.1, 2.0

TDA2Ex (23mm): 2.0, 1.0

TDA2Ex (17mm): 2.1, 2.0

AM571x: 2.1, 2.0, 1.0

AM570x: 2.1, 2.0

DRA72x: 2.0, 1.0

DRA71x: 2.1, 2.0