linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: devicetree: enable multiprocessing and interrupt setting in DT

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1802281001170.1886@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:07:27 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Ivan Gorinov <ivan.gorinov@...el.com>
cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: devicetree: enable multiprocessing and interrupt
 setting in DT

On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Ivan Gorinov wrote:

> The x86-specific Device Tree implementation only supported single CPU,
> and IRQ allocation from DT parameters was broken in recent versions.

Was broken is not really informative. Please describe in which way it was
broken.

> 
> This change enables multiprocessing and fixes broken IRQ allocation.

Please split this into two parts:

   1) Fix the broken IRQ mechanics
   2) Enable SMP parsing

> Signed-off-by: Ivan Gorinov <ivan.gorinov@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c b/arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c
> index 25de5f6..f885eab 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c
> @@ -130,6 +130,29 @@ static void __init dtb_setup_hpet(void)
>  #endif

patching file arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c
patch: **** malformed patch at line 25:  #endif

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Thanks,

	tglx