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From: Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] ARM: DT: kernel: DT cpu node bindings update
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:14:46 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <516EBC66.20508@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130417091457.GB5012-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org>

On 04/17/2013 03:14 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
>>> +	- enable-method
>>> +		Usage: required on ARM 64-bit systems, optional on ARM 32-bit
>>> +		       systems
>>> +		Value type: <string>
>>> +		Definition: On ARM 64-bit systems must be "spin-table" [1].
>>
>> Can that be an integer instead? with dtc+cpp support, that shouldn't
>> hurt the eyes too much any more.
> 
> The "enable-method" property is described as a stringlist by ePAPR, and is
> currently in use on arm64 as such. It *must* remain a string(list) for arm64.
> 
> Having it as an integer for arm is only going to cause us additional work,
> makes it impossible to share a common dt between 64bit and 32bit, and goes
> against the standard. I think it should be a stringlist for arm.

OK, that's a great reason for this case.

I hope we don't introduce any more standards that use strings, but that
may just be my personal preference...

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-04-17 15:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-15 16:13 [RFC PATCH 0/2] ARM: DT cpu bindings updates Lorenzo Pieralisi
2013-04-15 16:13 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] ARM: DT: kernel: move temporary cpu map stack array to static data Lorenzo Pieralisi
     [not found] ` <1366042402-8987-1-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-15 16:13   ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] ARM: DT: kernel: DT cpu node bindings update Lorenzo Pieralisi
     [not found]     ` <1366042402-8987-3-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-15 19:26       ` Stephen Warren
2013-04-16 10:45         ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
     [not found]           ` <20130416104545.GA19837-7AyDDHkRsp3ZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-16 15:57             ` Stephen Warren
2013-04-16 16:21               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
     [not found]         ` <516C544A.4090107-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-16 14:30           ` Dave Martin
2013-04-17  9:14         ` Mark Rutland
     [not found]           ` <20130417091457.GB5012-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-17 15:14             ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2013-04-17 16:02               ` Nicolas Pitre
     [not found]                 ` <alpine.LFD.2.03.1304171146530.17375-hIgblCxmbi8OMTOF05IoTw@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-17 16:23                   ` Stephen Warren
     [not found]                     ` <516ECC8A.2070508-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-17 16:36                       ` Nicolas Pitre
     [not found]                         ` <alpine.LFD.2.03.1304171231130.17375-hIgblCxmbi8OMTOF05IoTw@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-17 16:56                           ` Dave Martin
2013-04-17 16:24               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
     [not found]               ` <516EBC66.20508-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-18 12:40                 ` Grant Likely
2013-04-16  2:41       ` Simon Horman
2013-04-16 11:00         ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2013-04-17  9:35     ` Nicolas Ferre
2013-04-17 11:44       ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2013-04-17  9:48     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-17 11:02       ` Lorenzo Pieralisi

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