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From: mans@mansr.com (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v8 2/2] arm-soc: Add support for arm-based tango4 platforms
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:12:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xtwp38k7r.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <563871A9.7050009@sigmadesigns.com> (Marc Gonzalez's message of "Tue, 3 Nov 2015 09:34:49 +0100")

Marc Gonzalez <marc_gonzalez@sigmadesigns.com> writes:

> Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
>
>> Mark Rutland wrote:
>> 
>>> We didn't. Having a look just now, the earliest example appears to be
>>> in OMAP4 L2 support patches back in 2009 [1]. I was not able to find a
>>> rationale.
>>> 
>>> Given that the MMU is on (and speculative accesses are permitted) I
>>> can't see what the DSB achieves -- it can't quiesce the memory system.
>>> 
>>> Santosh, any idea?
>>
>> IIRC, it was requirement from the OMAP ROM code to have a dsb before
>> we call the SMC routine. I can't recollect more than that now.
>
> In that case, shouldn't dsb have been added to the ROM code,
> on the "other side" of the smc, so as to not depend on Linux
> code "getting it right"?

You're new to this, aren't you? :)

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
mans at mansr.com

  reply	other threads:[~2015-11-03 10:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-02 15:17 [PATCH v8 0/2] Sigma Designs Tango4 port Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-02 15:18 ` [PATCH v8 1/2] arm-soc: Import initial tango4 device tree Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-02 16:01   ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-02 17:11     ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-02 17:59       ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-03  0:57       ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-02 20:33   ` Florian Fainelli
2015-11-02 15:19 ` [PATCH v8 2/2] arm-soc: Add support for arm-based tango4 platforms Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-02 16:22   ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-02 17:33     ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-02 18:01       ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-02 18:26     ` Mark Rutland
2015-11-02 18:30       ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-02 18:37       ` santosh shilimkar
2015-11-03  8:34         ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-03 10:12           ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2015-11-03 16:37             ` santosh shilimkar
2015-11-03 17:04               ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-03 18:02                 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-02 15:52 ` [PATCH v8 0/2] Sigma Designs Tango4 port Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-02 21:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-03  9:00   ` Marc Gonzalez

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