linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Prerequisites for NXP LS104xA SMMU enablement

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Message-ID: <d086216f-f3fc-c88a-3891-81e84e8bdb01@suse.de>
Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 18:15:22 +0200
From:   Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
To:     laurentiu.tudor@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, madalin.bucur@....com, roy.pledge@....com,
        camelia.groza@....com, leoyang.li@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joakim.Tjernlund@...inera.com,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Mian Yousaf Kaukab <yousaf.kaukab@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Prerequisites for NXP LS104xA SMMU enablement

Hi Laurentiu,

Am 30.05.19 um 16:19 schrieb laurentiu.tudor@....com:
> This patch series contains several fixes in preparation for SMMU
> support on NXP LS1043A and LS1046A chips. Once these get picked up,
> I'll submit the actual SMMU enablement patches consisting in the
> required device tree changes.

Have you thought through what will happen if this patch ordering is not
preserved? In particular, a user installing a future U-Boot update with
the DTB bits but booting a stable kernel without this patch series -
wouldn't that regress dpaa then for our customers?

Regards,
Andreas

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