linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] tty: pl011: Work around QDF2400 E44 stuck BUSY bit

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Date:   Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:35:27 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        shankerd@...eaurora.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
        Neil Leeder <nleeder@...eaurora.org>,
        Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tty: pl011: Work around QDF2400 E44 stuck BUSY bit

On Wed, Feb 08 2017 at  2:09:12 pm GMT, Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> Mark Rutland wrote:
>
>>> No, only Kryo and Falkor V1 based SOCs have this problem.  Falkor V2
>>> will have this fixed.  We intend to revert these fixes after Falkor
>>> V1 SOCs are no longer supported.
>>
>> Supported by whom?
>
> Qualcomm.
>
>> Generally, once something's upstreamed we expect it to remain supported.
>
> The V1 SOCs are technically pre-production, but still in wide use and
> it will be a while before they are all replaced by V2 SOCs.  It's only
> because of the "ugliness" of the erratum and its work-around that we
> want to git rid of it when we can.

Interesting. How will you guarantee that nobody will ever want to run a
mainline kernel on this box after a certain date? Self-destruct timer?
;-)

As someone who runs mainline on HW that exceeded its "sell-by" date by a
few decades, I'm genuinely interested.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
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