linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/9] Fix Allwinner D1 boot regression

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Message-ID: <mhng-ab233e0e-973b-47d2-b0ca-4675f7967977@palmer-ri-x1c9>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:04:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To: tglx@...utronix.de
CC: Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@...onical.com>,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, apatel@...tanamicro.com,
  Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, samuel.holland@...ive.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org
Subject:     Re: [PATCH v1 0/9] Fix Allwinner D1 boot regression

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:10:25 PDT (-0700), tglx@...utronix.de wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15 2024 at 10:51, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:30:48 PDT (-0700), tglx@...utronix.de wrote:
>>> I'm very much inclined to take the reverts right now, send them to Linus
>>> for -rc5 tagged with cc: stable and ignore/nak any irqchip related riscv
>>> patches until the next merge window is over.
>>
>> Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
>>
>> if you want to take the revert.
>
> I'm happy to wait a week and see whether someone gets that CLINT hack
> working or as I suggested the D1 PLIC early probe quirk.
>
>> IIUC the patch above doesn't actually fix it, that's what led to just
>> sending the reverts -- at least reverts are better than breaking users.
>> I'll post over there too...
>
> Right. We figured that out by now :)
>
>> And it's no big deal if we're in the doghouse for a bit.  Regressions
>> should get fixed faster than this, so we deserve it.
>
> For a week I consider you probationers :)

Works for me ;)

>> Probably also another sign we're way too focused on getting new features
>> merged, as that's coming at the expense of making existing platforms
>> work.  IMO we've been way too focused on getting support for specs that
>> don't even have implementations, and not enough on building real working
>> systems.
>
> RISCV is not alone with that. This whole industry is nuts about features
> and forgets the stuff what matters.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         tglx