From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:18:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: smp: Allow real broadcast device selection instead of always dummy In-Reply-To: <51409EC3.5050905@ti.com> References: <1363165608-13739-1-git-send-email-santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> <514046B6.9020005@ti.com> <20130313101641.GA13483@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <514061D1.20603@ti.com> <20130313122550.GD13483@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <51409EC3.5050905@ti.com> Message-ID: <20130313161811.GF13483@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 03:44:03PM +0000, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > On Wednesday 13 March 2013 05:55 PM, Mark Rutland wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:24:01AM +0000, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > >> On Wednesday 13 March 2013 03:46 PM, Mark Rutland wrote: > >>> Hi Santosh, > > [..] > > >>> > >>> Is the problem that the dummy timer is being registered as the broadcast > >>> source, or that it is selected as a local timer in preference of real timers? > >>> > >> Dummy timer is preferred over real broadcast timer. > > > > Ok. [...] > > I do agree it'd be worth lowering the dummy timer's rating to ensure it doesn't > > override a real timer elsewhere. > > > Yep. Can I add you acked-by tag then for $subject patch ? > Would be good to get this one merged as well. Sure. Though could you reword the commit message? The patch solves the more general issue of a dummy being preferred over real hardware even outside of choosing the broadcast device. Acked-by: Mark Rutland