From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Santosh Shilimkar Subject: RE: [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 22:28:33 +0530 Message-ID: <78d0134576ace6be5874871076cf0c10@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110117192050.GE23331@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <0557426516de482c1769a50fa0b5f17a@mail.gmail.com> <20110208164747.GD6188@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from na3sys009aog114.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.211]:45376 "EHLO na3sys009aog114.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755128Ab1BHQ6g (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:58:36 -0500 Received: by mail-wy0-f169.google.com with SMTP id 26so5871214wyj.28 for ; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:58:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110208164747.GD6188@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell King - ARM Linux [mailto:linux@arm.linux.org.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:18 PM > To: Santosh Shilimkar > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; linux-omap@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels > > On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:06:20PM +0530, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > > Have tested this series on OMAP4430 and OMAP3430. > > Don't know if it helps to push some of these patches to be part > > of rc cycles. At least the SMP specific fixes should get merged > > otherwise, builds like omap2plus_defconfig won't be running > > right configuration on SMP machine. > > It's _too_ _late_ in the rc cycle for a fix of this size. As I've > said > (several times) it was only possible for rc1. That boat has been > missed > as we're now on rc4. We could see 2.6.38 in as little as two weeks > time. > > 27 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 197 deletions(-) > > is too big. > Ok. Sorry about delay in testing out these patches. > There's still the outstanding question over: > > ARM: v6k: use CPU domain feature if we include support for arch < > ARMv6K > > which remains unsettled. > > I think it's probably going to be better to _purposely_ break the > OMAP > build when it covers v6 and v7 CPUs in these kernels as I don't > think it's > sanely fixable given where we are. Again, that's something I _did_ > point out at the time. > Any alternative possible other than breaking the omap2plus build? It's quite useful to have one build which covers majority of the omap machines. Regards, Santosh From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: santosh.shilimkar@ti.com (Santosh Shilimkar) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 22:28:33 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels In-Reply-To: <20110208164747.GD6188@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20110117192050.GE23331@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <0557426516de482c1769a50fa0b5f17a@mail.gmail.com> <20110208164747.GD6188@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: <78d0134576ace6be5874871076cf0c10@mail.gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell King - ARM Linux [mailto:linux at arm.linux.org.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:18 PM > To: Santosh Shilimkar > Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; linux-omap at vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels > > On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:06:20PM +0530, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > > Have tested this series on OMAP4430 and OMAP3430. > > Don't know if it helps to push some of these patches to be part > > of rc cycles. At least the SMP specific fixes should get merged > > otherwise, builds like omap2plus_defconfig won't be running > > right configuration on SMP machine. > > It's _too_ _late_ in the rc cycle for a fix of this size. As I've > said > (several times) it was only possible for rc1. That boat has been > missed > as we're now on rc4. We could see 2.6.38 in as little as two weeks > time. > > 27 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 197 deletions(-) > > is too big. > Ok. Sorry about delay in testing out these patches. > There's still the outstanding question over: > > ARM: v6k: use CPU domain feature if we include support for arch < > ARMv6K > > which remains unsettled. > > I think it's probably going to be better to _purposely_ break the > OMAP > build when it covers v6 and v7 CPUs in these kernels as I don't > think it's > sanely fixable given where we are. Again, that's something I _did_ > point out at the time. > Any alternative possible other than breaking the omap2plus build? It's quite useful to have one build which covers majority of the omap machines. Regards, Santosh