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From: Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] target-arm: Add the GICv2m to the virt board
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 15:07:59 +0200
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On 05/26/2015 02:55 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 26 May 2015 at 13:54, Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org> wrote:
>> Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org>
>>
>> The only question I have is related to mid-term virt strategy about
>> GICv3 integration. Are we going to reuse that memory map for the machine
>> instantiating the GICv3? If yes, shouldn't we put the GICv2M somewhere
>> else to leave space for GICv3 redistributors, assuming we reuse the
>> shared distributor region. I understood the memory map is difficult to
>> change once applied once.
> 
> I wouldn't expect that you'd have a GICv2M at all in a
> system with a GICv3 in it, would you?

no indeed. but we currently use a single static a15memmap memory map in
virt. This one is currently planned to be reused for machines
instantiating GICv3 so we start seeing things like
VIRT_GIC_CPU =  VIRT_GIC_REDIST. I fear this is going to become messy.

What is your guidance, should we introduce new memory maps for GICv3
enabled machine or should we move to a single dynamic memory map?

Best Regards

Eric

> 
> -- PMM
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