linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/2] x86/devicetree: Enable multiprocessing

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:26:42 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Ivan Gorinov <ivan.gorinov@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/2] x86/devicetree: Enable multiprocessing

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:35 PM, Ivan Gorinov <ivan.gorinov@...el.com> wrote:
> Current x86 implementation of Device Tree does not support multiprocessing,
> and the bindings documentation describes the "reg" property of "cpu" nodes
> as "CPU number" instead of hardware-assigned local APIC ID.
>

FWIW,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

> v8:
>  * Fixed build error with CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=n reported by kbuild.
>
> v7:
>  * Change log update.
>
> v6:
>  * Calling of_property_read_u32() to get Local APIC ID from "reg".
>
>  * DT documentation changes: corrected CPU node example and changed
>    the "reg" property description.
>
> v5:
>  * Using the "reg" property to specify Local APIC ID.
>
> Ivan Gorinov (2):
>   of: Documentation: Specify local APIC ID in "reg"
>   x86/devicetree: Use CPU description from Device Tree
>
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/ce4100.txt | 37 ++++++++++++++-----
>  arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c                     | 45 +++++++++++++++++-------
>  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko