From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Per SoC descriptor
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:18:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8605786.uz70QLLSTu@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1315501212-1820-1-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com>
On Thursday 08 September 2011 18:00:09 Marc Zyngier wrote:
> This is my first stab at an idea that has floated around for a while,
> which is to have a per-soc descriptor containing most of the SoC
> specific operations, which should clear the path a bit more towards
> the single zImage holy grail. It's as far as possible from being
> perfect, but I thought I'd share it as early as possible and see what
> people think of it.
>
> This first patch series introduces the arm_soc_desc structure, adds
> per-soc SMP and CPU hotplug operations, and converts both RealView and
> VExpress to this new scheme.
Very nice, I definitely like the concept! This is going to be really
helpful reducing the amount of stuff we need in machine descriptors.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-08 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-08 17:00 [RFC PATCH 0/3] Per SoC descriptor Marc Zyngier
2011-09-08 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] ARM: SoC: Introduce per " Marc Zyngier
2011-09-08 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] ARM: SoC: Add per SoC SMP and CPU hotplug operations Marc Zyngier
2011-09-08 20:23 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-08 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] ARM: SoC: convert VExpress/RealView to SoC descriptor Marc Zyngier
2011-09-08 20:18 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-09-08 20:54 ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] Per " Nicolas Pitre
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