From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timur Tabi Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] documentation/iommu: update description of ARM System MMU binding Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:20:55 -0600 Message-ID: <5315D337.5020909@codeaurora.org> References: <1393002992-24561-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> <1393002992-24561-4-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> <20140228162114.GA30996@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> <5310C253.40804@codeaurora.org> <20140304100837.GB8766@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20140304100837.GB8766-MRww78TxoiP5vMa5CHWGZ34zcgK1vI+I0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Will Deacon Cc: "grant.likely-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org" , rob.herring-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, "iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org" List-Id: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org Will Deacon wrote: > I don't agree. We're making sensible use of a vendor prefix to isolate > errata workarounds. The description clearly states that the implementation > is buggy. Yeah, but I'm disappointed that the patch doesn't explain the exact bug that necessitates the property. I think that's an important clue for others to determine whether they would ever need this work-around. > Given that there aren't any Calxeda engineers left working on this stuff, > I'm heavily inclined to leave this patch as-is. Fair enough. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: timur@codeaurora.org (Timur Tabi) Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:20:55 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] documentation/iommu: update description of ARM System MMU binding In-Reply-To: <20140304100837.GB8766@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> References: <1393002992-24561-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> <1393002992-24561-4-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> <20140228162114.GA30996@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> <5310C253.40804@codeaurora.org> <20140304100837.GB8766@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> Message-ID: <5315D337.5020909@codeaurora.org> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Will Deacon wrote: > I don't agree. We're making sensible use of a vendor prefix to isolate > errata workarounds. The description clearly states that the implementation > is buggy. Yeah, but I'm disappointed that the patch doesn't explain the exact bug that necessitates the property. I think that's an important clue for others to determine whether they would ever need this work-around. > Given that there aren't any Calxeda engineers left working on this stuff, > I'm heavily inclined to leave this patch as-is. Fair enough.