linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] Add cache information to Amlogic SoC

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Message-ID: <CANAwSgQGCTs46DVm3gt4PpdSTBTvVg5zga_oBt=rUJh2yhRLtw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 09:31:18 +0530
From: Anand Moon <linux.amoon@...il.com>
To: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>, Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>, 
	Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] Add cache information to Amlogic SoC

Hi Neil,

On Thu, 4 Sept 2025 at 18:58, Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:21:40 +0530, Anand Moon wrote:
> > Most publicly available Amlogic datasheets mention that the CPU employs
> > a architecture, quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 and ARM Cortex A55 and
> > Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53 cluster, sharing a unified L2 cache to enhance
> > overall system performance.
> >
> > However, these documents typically omit details regarding the sizes of the
> > L1 data cache, L1 instruction cache, and L2 cache.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Thanks, Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/amlogic/linux.git (v6.18/arm64-dt)
>
> [01/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic GXBB and GXL SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/d7fc05da8ba28d22fb9bd79d9308f928fcb81c19
> [02/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic SM1 SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/fd7b48b1f91e1830e22e73744e7525af24d8ae25
> [03/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic G12A SoCS
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/a4428e52babdb682f47f99b0b816e227e51a3835
> [04/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic AXG SoCS
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/3b6ad2a433672f4ed9e1c90e4ae6b94683d1f1a2
> [05/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic GXM SoCS
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/fe2c12bc0a8f9e5db87bfbf231658eadef4cdd47
> [06/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic A1 SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/2d97773212f8516b2fe3177077b1ecf7b67a4e09
> [07/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic A4 SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/57273dc063d5a80e8cebc20878369099992be01a
> [08/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic C3 SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/6d4ab38a0a21c82076105e4cc37087ef92253c7b
> [09/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic S7 SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/494c362fa1633bba127045ace8f0eea0b277af28
> [10/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic S922X SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/e7f85e6c155aed3e10e698dd05bd04b2d52edb59
> [11/11] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic T7 SoC
>         https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/e97fdb9b8a0f8bd349de48815694f8a7200e3d62
>
> These changes has been applied on the intermediate git tree [1].
>
> The v6.18/arm64-dt branch will then be sent via a formal Pull Request to the Linux SoC maintainers
> for inclusion in their intermediate git branches in order to be sent to Linus during
> the next merge window, or sooner if it's a set of fixes.
>
> In the cases of fixes, those will be merged in the current release candidate
> kernel and as soon they appear on the Linux master branch they will be
> backported to the previous Stable and Long-Stable kernels [2].
>
> The intermediate git branches are merged daily in the linux-next tree [3],
> people are encouraged testing these pre-release kernels and report issues on the
> relevant mailing-lists.
>
> If problems are discovered on those changes, please submit a signed-off-by revert
> patch followed by a corrective changeset.
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/amlogic/linux.git
> [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
> [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
>
Received feedback from Krzysztof to omit the comments in the commit message.
Should I respin accordingly?
> --
> Neil
>
Thanks
-Anand