From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH V3 0/6] ARM64: Add support for FSL's LS2085A SoC
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:05:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2961958.2caI26WGbt@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140903155654.GK3127@leverpostej>
On Wednesday 03 September 2014 16:56:55 Mark Rutland wrote:
> I had asked for the FW to patch up the enable-method (and omit this in
> the in-kernel dts) as this is something that may vary over the lifetime
> of the SoC independently from the fixed HW properties (it's a firmware
> property really).
I agree in principle.
> Personally I'd like to see such things patched by the firmware/loader
> where possible (ideally with some way of switching said patching off if
> we really know better). We already expect the loader to patch memory
> nodes where memory can be dynamically populated.
>
> I don't see why we should tie the in-kernel dts to a particular firmware
> revision. Having such properties in the in-kernel dts is only going to
> mislead. The arm64 boot-wrapper patches dts for PSCI, but for
> compatibility with old wrappers the in-kernel dts must forever say
> spin-table is used to bring up secondaries.
But the kernel has never supported this platform with a non-PSCI
enable method, why should we provide compatibility for something
we never had upstream?
ARnd
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-03 15:13 [PATCH V3 0/6] ARM64: Add support for FSL's LS2085A SoC Bhupesh Sharma
2014-09-03 15:13 ` [PATCH V3 1/6] Documentation: DT: Add bindings for FSL NS16550A UART Bhupesh Sharma
2014-09-03 15:13 ` [PATCH V3 2/6] Documentation: DT: Add entry for FSL LS2085A SoC and Simulator model Bhupesh Sharma
2014-09-03 15:13 ` [PATCH V3 3/6] Documentation: DT: Add entry for FSL Management Complex Bhupesh Sharma
2014-09-03 15:13 ` [PATCH V3 4/6] arm64: Add DTS support for FSL's LS2085A SoC Bhupesh Sharma
2014-09-03 18:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-04 7:55 ` bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
2014-09-20 20:35 ` bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
2014-09-03 15:13 ` [PATCH V3 5/6] arm64: dts/Makefile: Add support for FSL's LS2085A simulator model Bhupesh Sharma
2014-09-03 15:13 ` [PATCH V3 6/6] arm64: Add support for FSL's LS2085A SoC in Kconfig and defconfig Bhupesh Sharma
2014-09-03 15:29 ` [PATCH V3 0/6] ARM64: Add support for FSL's LS2085A SoC Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-03 15:36 ` bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
2014-09-03 15:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-03 15:42 ` bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
2014-09-03 15:56 ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-03 16:05 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-09-03 16:09 ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-03 16:10 ` bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
2014-09-03 16:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-03 16:31 ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-03 18:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-04 9:13 ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-04 9:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-04 16:32 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-09-09 11:46 ` bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
2014-09-09 13:42 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-09-20 20:35 ` bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
2014-09-22 13:55 ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-24 14:50 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-09-03 18:30 ` Geoff Levand
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