On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:47:39 +0530 Sai Prakash Ranjan <saiprakash.ranjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Thanks a lot for the detailed explanations, I did have a look at all the variations before posting this. > > On 2019-10-11 16:20, Mark Rutland wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 11:19:00AM +0530, Sai Prakash Ranjan wrote: > >> On latest QCOM SoCs like SM8150 and SC7180 with big.LITTLE arch, below > >> warnings are observed during bootup of big cpu cores. > > > > For reference, which CPUs are in those SoCs? > > > > SM8150 is based on Cortex-A55(little cores) and Cortex-A76(big cores). I'm afraid I cannot give details about SC7180 yet. > > >> SM8150: > >> >> [ 0.271177] CPU features: SANITY CHECK: Unexpected variation in > >> SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1. Boot CPU: 0x00000011112222, CPU4: >> 0x00000011111112 > > > > The differing fields are EL3, EL2, and EL1: the boot CPU supports > > AArch64 and AArch32 at those exception levels, while the secondary only > > supports AArch64. > > > > Do we handle this variation in KVM? > > We do not support KVM. Mainline does. You don't get to pick and choose what is supported or not. Thanks, M. -- Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...