RE: [PATCH] ARM: dts: add exynos5422.dtsi to correct cpu order

[Chanho Park <chanho61.park@samsung.com>]

Hi,

> When adding new 5422 board we can split out CPU configuration to
> separate DTSI file. I already posted patches for Odroid XU3-family
> common DTSI file for XU3 Lite board:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg44868.html

IMHO, all of the exynos5422 boards will be same cpu configurations. That's
why I added new exynos5422.dtsi.

> 
> > BTW, booting of secondary cpus are still broken. Is there any progress
> of
> > the patch[1]?
> > This patch is also generated top of the patch with some fixes.
> >
> > [1]. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg39523.html
> 
> No progress so far. Apparently nobody knows why this works and what to
> do with it. I would suspect booted CPUs stuck somewhere in BL1 or BL2
> and writing to PMU_SPARE2 kicks them. However this is just a guess.
> 
> Kukjin which could be the closest person to the real knowledge (LSI) did
> not gave his feedback.
> 
> We have a lot of such hacks and undocumented interfaces between kernel
> and bootloaders. IMHO it would be good to start documenting them.

Good. But, who can do it?

Best Regards,
Chanho Park