linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 5/5] arm64: qcom: add cpu operations

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:52:39 -0600
From:	Al Stone <ahs3@...hat.com>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
CC:	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"arm@...nel.org" <arm@...nel.org>,
	Abhimanyu Kapur <abhimany@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/5] arm64: qcom: add cpu operations

On 04/14/2015 10:29 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
>> index 8b9e0a9..35cabe5 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
>> @@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ nodes to be present and contain the properties described below.
>>                           be one of:
>>                              "psci"
>>                              "spin-table"
> 
> In the case of these two, there's documentation on what the OS, FW, and
> HW are expected to do. There's a PSCI spec, and spin-table is documented
> in booting.txt (which is admittedly not fantastic).
> [snip...]

Perhaps a side topic, but I thought spin-table was being actively discouraged
for arm64.  Forgive me if I missed the memo, but is that not correct?

-- 
ciao,
al
-----------------------------------
Al Stone
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
ahs3@...hat.com
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