Re: [PATCH 1/8] ARM: dts: r8a7745: Add APMU node and second CPU core

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On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 08:57:53AM +0000, Fabrizio Castro wrote:
> Hi Simon, Geert,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-renesas-soc-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-renesas-soc-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geert
> > Uytterhoeven
> > Sent: 15 September 2017 09:05
> > To: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>;
> > Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx>; Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linux-Renesas
> > <linux-renesas-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] ARM: dts: r8a7745: Add APMU node and second CPU core
> >
> > Hi Simon, Fabrizio,
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:05:34PM +0100, Chris Paterson wrote:
> > >> From: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>
> > >> Add DT node for the Advanced Power Management Unit (APMU), add the
> > >> second CPU core, and use "renesas,apmu" as "enable-method".
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Chris Paterson <chris.paterson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> ---
> > >> This patch is based on renesas-devel-20170913-v4.13.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > with reference to "[PATCH v3 0/3] ARM: renesas: Enable SMP on R-Car E2"
> > > is the CNTVOFF initialised in the boot loader of boards (in upstream)
> > > for this SoC? If not I expect you will have trouble with the arch timer
> > > on secondary CPU cores.
> 
> I can confirm that this patch relies on:
> * "ARM: Add definition for monitor mode", and
> * "ARM: shmobile: rcar-gen2: Make sure CNTVOFF is initialized on CA7/15 "
> as the bootloader doesn't initialize CNTVOFF.
> 
> >
> > Exactly my question.
> >
> > Fabrizio: Given your feedback on "[PATCH v3 0/3] ARM: renesas: Enable SMP on
> > R-Car E2", I think SMP enablement on RZ/G1E has to be postponed until "ARM:
> > shmobile: rcar-gen2: Make sure CNTVOFF is initialized on CA7/15" has been
> > accepted upstream.
> 
> You are right, somehow we missed the comment made by Simon on Monday:
> 
> " I would like to deffer the third and last patch until v4.16 to avoid
> an awkward branch dependency on the above - the branches are different
> even though the tree is the same. Please resubmit this patch once the
> above dependencies are present in an rc release, which at this stage
> I expect to be v4.15-rc1."
> 
> Apologies for this, we will send this patch later on, once both patches have been
> accepted upstream.

No problem, I will mark this one as deferred.

> Simon, is this going to make the application of the remaining patches
> problematic?  Please, let me (or Chris) know if you want us to rebase and
> resend without this patch.

No, I don't think you need to rebase and repost due to this.



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