From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com>
Cc: DTML <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
David Woods <dwoods@mellanox.com>, arm-soc <arm@kernel.org>,
Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:26:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a2_0mYaJ0NjWSMxpmoF9+tcoHtfhJQJ0Aj9Tds+f7KuEg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB6PR05MB32236AAD033C20DF6414C464A1F30@DB6PR05MB3223.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 3:58 PM Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com> wrote:
> > It would be nice if you could still include the dts sources in the submission.
> > Since this is not a classic server hardware, DT is probably more suitable
> > here, and there are likely use cases that won't work with ACPI, so it's
> > good to have a starting point for your users if they need to override
> > the ACPI tables with a DT, or build systems with a simpler boot loader.
>
> Sure, I'll keep this DT change for reference. A little explanation that
> Mellanox BlueField SOC could be PCIe NIC or standalone device (server) form which
> can do PXE boot, CentOS installation even on the NIC, etc. The same software/driver
> works on both.
Ok, good.
> DT seems not working well for some requirement/features like
> NVDIMM (which requires ACPI DSM). That's why we switched to ACPI though
> DT support is preserved.
This is probably something we need to look at separately, I'm sure we will want
to use NVDIMM with DT based systems in the future. Can you explain what
the DSM is used for here? Is this something that could be done in software
in the NVDIMM hardware specific driver?
Arnd
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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/4] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:26:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a2_0mYaJ0NjWSMxpmoF9+tcoHtfhJQJ0Aj9Tds+f7KuEg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB6PR05MB32236AAD033C20DF6414C464A1F30@DB6PR05MB3223.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 3:58 PM Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com> wrote:
> > It would be nice if you could still include the dts sources in the submission.
> > Since this is not a classic server hardware, DT is probably more suitable
> > here, and there are likely use cases that won't work with ACPI, so it's
> > good to have a starting point for your users if they need to override
> > the ACPI tables with a DT, or build systems with a simpler boot loader.
>
> Sure, I'll keep this DT change for reference. A little explanation that
> Mellanox BlueField SOC could be PCIe NIC or standalone device (server) form which
> can do PXE boot, CentOS installation even on the NIC, etc. The same software/driver
> works on both.
Ok, good.
> DT seems not working well for some requirement/features like
> NVDIMM (which requires ACPI DSM). That's why we switched to ACPI though
> DT support is preserved.
This is probably something we need to look at separately, I'm sure we will want
to use NVDIMM with DT based systems in the future. Can you explain what
the DSM is used for here? Is this something that could be done in software
in the NVDIMM hardware specific driver?
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-29 15:26 UTC|newest]
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2018-05-25 16:06 [PATCH v1 1/4] soc: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2018-05-25 16:06 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 16:06 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option Liming Sun
2018-05-25 16:06 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 16:06 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2018-05-25 16:06 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 16:06 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Mellanox Bluefield Soc Liming Sun
2018-05-25 16:06 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 17:14 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] soc: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Robin Murphy
2018-05-25 17:14 ` Robin Murphy
2018-05-25 20:18 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:18 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 " Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-31 3:43 ` Rob Herring
2018-05-31 3:43 ` Rob Herring
2018-06-01 14:31 ` Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Mellanox Bluefield Soc Liming Sun
2018-05-25 20:17 ` Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] soc: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` Liming Sun
2018-06-11 18:19 ` Rob Herring
2018-06-11 18:19 ` Rob Herring
2018-06-01 14:31 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Mellanox Bluefield Soc Liming Sun
2018-06-01 14:31 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] soc: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-25 15:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-25 15:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-26 18:24 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-26 18:24 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-26 18:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-26 18:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-29 14:17 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-29 14:17 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-29 14:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-29 14:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-04 22:12 ` Liming Sun
2018-12-04 22:12 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-25 15:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-25 15:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-26 19:18 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-26 19:18 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-26 19:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-26 19:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-29 14:58 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-29 14:58 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-29 15:26 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2018-10-29 15:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-29 16:09 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-29 16:09 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-25 15:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-25 15:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-26 19:36 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-26 19:36 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-26 20:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-26 20:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-10-29 16:48 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-29 16:48 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-24 15:07 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-24 15:07 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Mellanox Bluefield Soc Liming Sun
2018-10-24 17:55 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] soc: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Mellanox Bluefield Soc Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` Liming Sun
2018-10-31 18:09 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] soc: mellanox: Add host side drivers to support Mellanox BlueField SoCs Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:23 ` [PATCH v6 1/9] soc: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:23 ` Liming Sun
2018-12-12 23:07 ` Matthias Brugger
2018-12-12 23:07 ` Matthias Brugger
2019-01-03 19:20 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:20 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 2/9] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 3/9] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 4/9] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Mellanox Bluefield Soc Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 5/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the common host side Rshim driver Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-18 16:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21 19:22 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-21 19:22 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-21 19:22 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-22 12:20 ` Vincent Whitchurch
2019-01-22 12:20 ` Vincent Whitchurch
2019-01-22 12:20 ` Vincent Whitchurch
2019-01-22 13:27 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-22 13:36 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-22 13:36 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-22 13:36 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 6/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add networking support over Rshim Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 7/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the Rshim USB backend driver Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 8/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the Rshim PCIe " Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` [PATCH v6 9/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the Rshim PCIe live-fish " Liming Sun
2018-11-01 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 1/9] soc: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-03-15 13:18 ` Matthias Brugger
2019-03-15 13:18 ` Matthias Brugger
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 2/9] arm64: Add Mellanox BlueField SoC config option Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 3/9] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 4/9] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Mellanox Bluefield Soc Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 5/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the common host side Rshim driver Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 6/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add networking support over Rshim Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 7/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the Rshim USB backend driver Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 8/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the Rshim PCIe " Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 9/9] soc: mellanox: host: Add the Rshim PCIe live-fish " Liming Sun
2019-01-03 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-21 19:17 ` [PATCH v7 0/9] Mellanox BlueField ARM SoC Rshim driver Liming Sun
2019-01-21 19:17 ` Liming Sun
2019-02-18 13:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-02-18 13:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-28 17:28 ` [PATCH v8 0/2] TmFifo platform driver for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2019-01-28 17:28 ` [PATCH v8 1/2] platform/mellanox: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2019-01-29 22:06 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-02-13 13:34 ` Liming Sun
2019-02-13 16:33 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-30 6:24 ` Vadim Pasternak
2019-01-30 6:24 ` Vadim Pasternak
2019-02-13 13:42 ` Liming Sun
2019-01-28 17:28 ` [PATCH v8 2/2] dt-bindings: soc: Add TmFifo binding for Mellanox BlueField SoC Liming Sun
2019-02-13 13:27 ` [PATCH v9] platform/mellanox: Add TmFifo driver for Mellanox BlueField Soc Liming Sun
2019-02-13 18:11 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-02-13 18:34 ` Liming Sun
2019-02-14 16:25 ` Liming Sun
2019-02-28 15:51 ` Liming Sun
2019-02-28 15:51 ` [PATCH v10] " Liming Sun
2019-03-05 15:34 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-03-06 20:00 ` Liming Sun
2019-03-08 14:44 ` Liming Sun
2019-03-08 14:41 ` [PATCH v11] " Liming Sun
2019-03-26 21:13 ` Liming Sun
2019-03-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v12] " Liming Sun
2019-04-04 19:36 ` [PATCH v13] " Liming Sun
2019-04-05 15:44 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-04-05 19:10 ` Liming Sun
2019-04-07 2:05 ` Liming Sun
2019-04-11 14:13 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-04-12 16:15 ` Liming Sun
2019-04-07 2:03 ` [PATCH v14] " Liming Sun
2019-04-11 14:09 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-04-12 14:23 ` Liming Sun
2019-04-12 17:30 ` [PATCH v15] " Liming Sun
2019-05-03 13:49 ` [PATCH v16] " Liming Sun
2019-05-06 9:13 ` Andy Shevchenko
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