linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] arm64: dts: Add Qualcomm MSM8916 SoC and evaluation board dts

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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:25:09 +0000
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"arm@...nel.org" <arm@...nel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"heiko@...ech.de" <heiko@...ech.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] arm64: dts: Add Qualcomm MSM8916 SoC and
 evaluation board dts

> >> +	cpus {
> >> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> >> +		#size-cells = <0>;
> >> +
> >> +		CPU0: cpu@0 {
> >> +			device_type = "cpu";
> >> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a53", "arm,armv8";
> >> +			reg = <0x0>;
> >> +		};
> >> +
> >> +		CPU1: cpu@1 {
> >> +			device_type = "cpu";
> >> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a53", "arm,armv8";
> >> +			reg = <0x1>;
> >> +		};
> >> +
> >> +		CPU2: cpu@2 {
> >> +			device_type = "cpu";
> >> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a53", "arm,armv8";
> >> +			reg = <0x2>;
> >> +		};
> >> +
> >> +		CPU3: cpu@3 {
> >> +			device_type = "cpu";
> >> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a53", "arm,armv8";
> >> +			reg = <0x3>;
> >> +		};
> >> +	};
> > 
> > The secondary CPUs need an enable-method. Are you using PSCI or
> > spin-table?
> 
> This is on purpose.  We aren’t using either PSCI or spin-table.  Right
> now the dts is for booting on a single core.  I can drop CPU1..CPU3 if
> that helps.

We won't poke the CPUs without an enable-method, so personally I'm not
too worried either way about having the CPUs listed.

Which of spin-table/psci are you planning on using for SMP support, and
when would that be likely to appear?

Which exception level do CPUs enter the kernel? Even without a
virt-capable GIC booting at EL2 is less work for the FW and gives the
kernel a better chance of fixing things up (e.g. CNTVOFF).

Thanks,
Mark.
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