Hi Simon, On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 08:57:53AM +0000, Fabrizio Castro wrote: >> > -----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. As the dependency is in v4.15-rc1, it can be applied now. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
