linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 10/14] MIPS: make smp CMP, CPS and MT use the new generic IPI functions

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Message-ID: <561D192A.5080407@imgtec.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:46:02 +0100
From:	Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@...tec.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	<marc.zyngier@....com>, <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	<ralf@...ux-mips.org>, <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 10/14] MIPS: make smp CMP, CPS and MT use the new
 generic IPI functions

On 10/13/2015 02:49 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Qais Yousef wrote:
>
>> Only the SMP variants that use GIC were converted as it's the only irqchip that
>> will have the support for generic IPI for now which will be introduced in
>> the following patches.
> You break bisectability. Introduce the new gic magic first and then
> switch it over.
>
>

Yes I was trying to make the review easier by grouping things together. 
I might need to squash some of these last patches together to avoid 
breaking bisectability.

Thanks,
Qais
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