From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFE92C43458 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 2026 04:15:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=4TgXgjdmTSRIB1vQl7JiTjJkLihMd13HlneFILSqAXc=; b=Aj7jfR8ctI3qoseGwS7N3wY8JR 6VrC7SSQZH3nEWsVuet+bbatHfNPcDEV3rQyE1YU8vJmKdrAKXq1B6DraO2aWloqEnxFRQW2F9LS5 N5yKnRKi/M4Iuo6B3+Ss6iBCjaGPyRv9OQCvhTvVqKK3gR9NCuzOYx9vAmQCggvVapYBwp/8KsNGO GGc0x8HhuuGhSdLXLG5+S1jUfA2BnhDJg9533Rm1d401gWzICJ/RQYwzfHZDtoNLqKialu1bwfdM6 +n3tfSQSOu0IZSUqJYq+eG+MueNJ2q5W0fqO5t43iEY9qhRy4fAyLhIw3PEZaNqViObkCyZMfoQKi 7XVOlzQA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wfVJW-000000060UK-1KpH; Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:15:42 +0000 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wfVJR-000000060Ts-2jVs for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:15:41 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73EC31D34; Thu, 2 Jul 2026 21:15:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (a079125.arm.com [10.164.21.37]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1C4FD3F905; Thu, 2 Jul 2026 21:15:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=arm.com; s=foss; t=1783052134; bh=Cv1M8RLns4cnjAKC5PLIZHRwEpWpgR5Rv0tWEf0CiNk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Jtd+3L8SFs4vs7dUAtjNF1Dm5tEThzzxXGWKjZSU/6mjF/rKbvHnzVWXnWAyp5Pxz s/iTtQMbjTFqKKsNJ0of0fMHf2QdpTnwHEezneA66m7qoFpWe/q6ThF+GP0tuGeFcb 84kXgNLOAEQ8oQ3XwZimJNVbksQRhdXDFosvXwUc= Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 09:45:31 +0530 From: Linu Cherian To: Suzuki K Poulose Cc: Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Ryan Roberts , Kevin Brodsky , Anshuman Khandual , Mark Rutland , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add BBML3 cpu feature Message-ID: References: <20260701094131.677636-1-linu.cherian@arm.com> <830a4d39-c829-4e79-a0ec-5a3633b58aa6@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260702_211540_114166_D46A331C X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 18.27 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Hi Suzuki, On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 08:47:01AM +0530, Linu Cherian wrote: > Hi Suzuki, > > On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 11:11:35AM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote: > > On 01/07/2026 10:41, Linu Cherian wrote: > > > Patches 1 and 2 introduces BBML3 cpu feature > > > Patches 3, 4 and 5 adds more cpus to the BBML3 support list, > > > which dont advertise themselves through the standard > > > MMFR2_ID registers. > > > > > > Linu Cherian (5): > > > arm64: cpufeature: Add BBML3 > > > arm64: cpufeature: Detect BBML3 based on MMFR2 ID > > > > > > > arm64: cputype: Add Cortex-A520AE definitions > > > arm64: cputype: Add C1-Nano definitions > > > arm64: cpufeature: Extend bbml3 support list > > > > If you could move the last 3 patches to the top, would be easier > > for people to back port the "enable" BBLM3 for those CPUs, without > > the renaming conflicts. > > > > IMHO, if we change the order, "arm64: cpufeature: Extend bbml3 support list" > title need to be tweaked and might not go well with this BBML3 support series. > Also, backporting issue wouldnt be a problem if the whole series is > backported and not just 3 patches in isolation ? > After looking further on this, i definitely agree that moving those patches up has an advantage, w.r.t avoiding dependency on other patches. Thanks, Linu Cherian.