linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] clocksource/arm_arch

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Message-ID: <d0c55386-2f7f-a940-45bb-d80ae5e0f378@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:51:19 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...gle.com>,
        Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@...gle.com>,
        Oliver Upton <oupton@...gle.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Add basic ARMv8.6
 support

On 17/10/2021 11:57, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:59:33 +0100,
> Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Marc,
>>
>>
>> On 11/10/2021 15:39, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>>> Thanks for that. All addressed now. I'll repost the series once we've
>>> addressed the question below.
>>>
>>>> How do you want to merge this series? It would be nice to have the arch
>>>> bits in the arm64 tree, if possible, as we'll be tripping over the cpucaps
>>>> stuff otherwise.
>>>
>>> I think we should keep the series together, as asm/arch_timer.h gets a
>>> beating all over the place, and there is no chance the arm64 bits at
>>> the end can apply (let alone work) on their own.
>>>
>>> So either Daniel would ack the series for it to go via arm64, or
>>> create a stable branch with the first 13 patches that would go in both
>>> the clocksource and arm64 trees.
>>>
>>> Daniel, any preference?
>>
>> yes, I prefer a stable branch for this series.
>>
>> https://git.linaro.org/people/daniel.lezcano/linux.git/log/?h=timers/drivers/armv8.6_arch_timer
>>
> 
> OK, this branch is now slightly outdated, since I have reworked it at
> Will's request. -rc5 is also too recent a base for arm64, which is
> usually based on -rc3.
> 
> I'll repost a new series today or tomorrow and provide tags for both
> you and Will to pull from.

Ok, thanks. I've updated the branch accordingly.

Let me know if everything is fine, so I can prepare a PR for the 'tip' tree.


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