linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm/arm64: DT: Fix GICv2 CPU interface size

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:21:17 -0500
From:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
To:	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm/arm64: DT: Fix GICv2 CPU interface size

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com> wrote:
> All the Cortex-{A7,A15} implementations are using a GICv2. Same for
> the current arm64 platforms.
>
> Turns out that most of these platforms have described their GIC CPU
> interface size as being 4kB. while it is actually 8kB (the GICC_DIR
> register lives at offset 0x1000).
>
> This was found when converting the GIC driver to use EOImode==1 on
> GICv2-based systems. It uses the GICC_DIR register, and the result
> is a very early firework...

What's your plan for making the kernel change? Updating the dts files
is good, but that doesn't immediately help you if you have old dtbs.

> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/axm55xx.dtsi              | 2 +-
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7.dtsi                 | 2 +-
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/ecx-2000.dts              | 2 +-

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>

Rob
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