From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755475AbcITWXZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:23:25 -0400 Received: from relay1.sgi.com ([192.48.180.66]:38485 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753056AbcITWXW (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:23:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:23:21 -0500 From: andrew banman To: Andrew Banman Cc: mingo@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, travis@sgi.com, rja@sgi.com, sivanich@sgi.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20160920222321.GD268859@stormcage.americas.sgi.com> References: <1474410076-178329-1-git-send-email-abanman@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1474410076-178329-1-git-send-email-abanman@sgi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject line got dropped the first time around. Will send again. Apologies for the chatter, Andrew On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 05:21:06PM -0500, Andrew Banman wrote: > From Andrew Banman # This line is ignored. > From: Andrew Banman > Subject: [PATCH 0/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: add UV4 support to BAU > In-Reply-To: > > The following patch set adds support for UV4 architecture to the Broadcast > Assist Unit (BAU). Major hardware changes to the BAU require these fixes to > ensure correct operation and to avoid illegal MMR writes. > > arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h | 45 ++---------------------------- > arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------------- > ------------- > > The patch set can be thought of in three logical groups: > > 1) General cleanup. > > [PATCH 1/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU cleanup: update printks > [PATCH 2/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU cleanup: pq_init > [PATCH 3/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU replace uv_physnodeaddr > > These housekeeping patches make the subsequent UV4 patches clearer, > and they should be done in any case. > > > 2) Implement a new scheme to abstract UV version-specific functions. > > [PATCH 4/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU add generic function pointers > [PATCH 5/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU use generic function pointers > > We add a struct of function pointers to define version-specific BAU > operations. The philosophy is to abstract functions that perform the same > operation on all UV versions but have different implementations. This will > simplify their use in the body of the driver code and greatly simplify the > UV4 patches to follow. > > > 3) Add UV4 functionality. > > [PATCH 6/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU UV4 populate uvhub_version > [PATCH 7/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU UV4 disable software timeout > [PATCH 8/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU UV4 fix payload queue setup > [PATCH 9/9] arch/x86/platform/uv: BAU UV4 add version-specific > > These patches feature a minimal set of changes to make the BAU on UV4 > operational. > > > This patch set has been tested for regressions on pre-UV4 architectures and > for correct functionality on UV4. The patches apply cleanly to 4.8-rc7. > Fine-tuned performance tweaking for UV4 will come in a future patch set. > > > Thank you, > > Andrew Banman