* Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxx> [130328 03:10]: > On Thursday 28 March 2013 03:20 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 01:56:07PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > >> * Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx> [130324 07:31]: > >>> it is possible to upstream errata 430973 workaround for RX-51? > >> > >> I think we should make the SMC handling a generic function for ARM. > >> > >> AFAIK just the SMC call numbering is different for various > >> implementations. So the handler and passing of the parameters > >> seems like it should be generic. > > > > SMC calls vary greatly in how they are handled. The only thing that's > > generic is issuing the SMC call. All the setup and what arguments are > > required are completely different from SoC to SoC. > > > > For example, some SoCs require arguments passed via memory. Others like > > OMAP its via registers. > > Exactly. As somebody said on the list, that code looks identical but > it is not. An SMC with barrier instruction is mostly common and nothing > more than that. Thanks all, case closed then. There's no way to come up with a generic SMC function. Regards, Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
