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From: ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk (Ben Dooks)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH V3: Add Smp support for Allwinner A20. 1/3] Add smp support for Allwinner A20(sunxi 7i).
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:03:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <524468F3.5090400@codethink.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1379861045.30708.22.camel@dagon.hellion.org.uk>

On 22/09/13 15:44, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-09-22 at 20:21 +0800, Fan Rong wrote:
>
>> +	/* Set boot addr */
>> +	paddr = virt_to_phys(sun7i_secondary_startup);
>> +	writel(paddr, sunxi7i_cc_base + SUN7I_CPUCFG_BOOTADDR);
>
> This means that the secondary cores will miss out on any setup which the
> bootloader might have done for the primary CPU, e.g. switching to NS HYP
> mode, setting the CNTFRQ etc.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to do all this stuff in the bootloader and either
> implement PSCI or have the bootloader do the traditional holding pen and
> mbox address thing?

Out of interest, where is PSCI defined?

Does this also mean it is very difficult or impossible to actually
power down CPU cores?

-- 
Ben Dooks				http://www.codethink.co.uk/
Senior Engineer				Codethink - Providing Genius

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-26 17:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-22 12:21 [PATCH V3: Add Smp support for Allwinner A20. 0/3] Fan Rong
2013-09-22 12:21 ` [PATCH V3: Add Smp support for Allwinner A20. 1/3] Add smp support for Allwinner A20(sunxi 7i) Fan Rong
2013-09-22 13:00   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-09-22 13:50     ` cinifr
2013-09-22 14:44   ` [linux-sunxi] " Ian Campbell
     [not found]     ` <CAK3cCBzMXdeeSPC-OpWcHAuef=ocpy5n0=Fc2yBECPnU=2OTXw@mail.gmail.com>
2013-09-23  7:18       ` [PATCH " Ian Campbell
2013-09-23 14:43         ` cinifr
2013-09-23 18:34           ` maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com
2013-09-26 17:03     ` Ben Dooks [this message]
2013-09-23 18:17   ` [PATCH V3: Add Smp support for Allwinner A20. " Maxime Ripard
2013-09-24 16:22     ` cinifr
2013-09-25 18:44       ` Maxime Ripard
2013-09-28 13:48         ` cinifr
2013-09-30 16:47           ` Maxime Ripard
2013-10-02 20:13           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-09-22 12:21 ` [PATCH V3: Add Smp support for Allwinner A20. 2/3] Add cpuconfig nodes in dts for smp configure Fan Rong
2013-09-23 17:03   ` Maxime Ripard
2013-09-22 12:21 ` [PATCH V3: Add Smp support for Allwinner A20. 3/3] add arch count timer node in dts for Allwinner A20(sunxi 7i) Fan Rong
2013-09-23 17:06   ` Maxime Ripard

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