linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 08/13] arm64: Add support for ACPI based firmware tables

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Date:   Tue, 6 Mar 2018 17:23:28 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, lorenzo.pieralisi@....com,
        hanjun.guo@...aro.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, will.deacon@....com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com,
        vkilari@...eaurora.org, ahs3@...hat.com, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        morten.rasmussen@....com, palmer@...ive.com, lenb@...nel.org,
        john.garry@...wei.com, austinwc@...eaurora.org,
        tnowicki@...iumnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 08/13] arm64: Add support for ACPI based firmware
 tables



On 28/02/18 22:06, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> The /sys cache entries should support ACPI/PPTT generated cache
> topology information. Lets detect ACPI systems and call
> an arch specific cache_setup_acpi() routine to update the hardware
> probed cache topology.
> 
> For arm64, if ACPI is enabled, determine the max number of cache
> levels and populate them using the PPTT table if one is available.
> 

I fail to understand the kbuild failure report association with this
patch(most likely the previous patch could be culprit, I am looking at
it in detail now), but for this patch

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep