Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] arm64: Work around Falkor erratum 1003

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Hi Mark,

On 01/11/2017 01:45 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:40:42PM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
>> On 01/11/2017 12:37 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
>>> The name, as it is, is perfectly descriptive.
>>>
>>> Let's not sacrifice legibility over a non-issue.
>>
>> I don't want to kick a dead horse or anything, but changing it to
>> QCOM_FLKR_ERRATUM_1003 would eliminate all the spacing problems
>> without sacrificing anything.
> 
> The CPU is called "Falkor", not "FLKR", and we're not coming up with an
> ACPI table name...
> 
> The ARM Ltd. erratum numbers are global to all parts, so we don't
> include the part name. Is the 1003 erratum number specific to Falkor?
>
> If it's global, you could use QCOM_ERRATUM_1003 instead.

E1003 is specific to Falkor, and hopefully just its first major revision.
Qualcomm Technology's first/previous generation ARMv8 custom
microarchitecture used errata numbers below 1000. I am not aware of
global coordination in the numbering, unfortunately.

> Otherwise, QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1003 is preferable.

Thanks,
Cov

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