On 2018-12-09 00:41:39 [+0000], Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > So, really _both_ these things are really really specific to ARM > development platforms, and have nothing to do with modern production > hardware. > > No one should _ever_ copy the ARM reference platform SMP hotplug > code. Needing that code is quite simply a sign that the platform is > quite simply not production hardware. > > I really don't get how we've ended up with so many copies of this. > Maybe the code isn't being properly reviewed? Maybe the process for > merging new platforms is way too lenient? Whatever, the fact that > we're ending up with new copies of the pen release and boot lock > stuff demonstrably illustrates that the review process for new > platforms is very broken. Okay. So the whole patch won't get applied, right? If so, may I please get the arch/arm/plat-versatile/platsmp.c hunk applied? The remaining platforms would have then either justify why they have the same problems like the ARM devel board or rework their code. Sebastian
