From: Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Greentime <greentime@andestech.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>,
Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
Networking <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31] Andes(nds32) Linux Kernel Port
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 17:33:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEbi=3ftwdYn8avHOBeDJ4tB+Z0Dnpvce6O3DnBechqKUfvEAQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a0tP4NrOzaHnndp2UO_a9swSrqscPM1h5N=Hit3pX_DxA@mail.gmail.com>
2017-11-08 18:26 GMT+08:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>:
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:54 AM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This patchset adds core architecture support to Linux for Andestech's
>> N13, N15, D15, N10, D10 processor cores.
>>
>> Based on the 16/32-bit AndeStar RISC-like architecture, we designed the
>> configurable AndesCore series of embedded processor families. AndesCores
>> range from highly performance-efficient small-footprint cores for
>> microcontrollers and deeply-embedded applications to 1GHz+ cores running
>> Linux, covering general-purpose N-series cores for a wide range of computing
>> need, DSP-capable D-series cores for digital signal control,
>> instruction-extensible E-series cores for application-specific acceleration,
>> and secure S-series cores for best protection of the most valuable.
>
> I looked at the entire patch series now and commented on anything I noticed
> that could be improved, overall this looks very nice, great work!
>
> Most of my comments are about tiny details that are easy to address.
>
> I see two areas that need to be looked at carefully, and that may take a
> few more rounds to get right:
>
> - In the user space ABI, you have a couple of things that differ from the
> normal asm-generic definitions, i.e. s few syscall entry points and some
> types in asm/posix-types.h. I guess you did that to remain compatible
> with an older glibc port, but IMHO this compatibility should be broken
> in favor of having the standard ABI before the port gets merged.
>
> - For the boot interface, you need to clearly define what can be expected
> and what cannot. This involves the presence of the l2cc, the physical
> memory address, the built-in dtb, and probably a few more things I
> missed. For long-term maintainability, you probably want to ensure that
> you can build a kernel that runs on as much diverse hardware as possible.
>
Many thanks to all your feedbacks. We will prepare the V2 patch to fix
them ASAP. :)
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Thread overview: 112+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-08 5:54 [PATCH 00/31] Andes(nds32) Linux Kernel Port Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 01/31] nds32: Assembly macros and definitions Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 02/31] nds32: Kernel booting and initialization Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 13:38 ` Rob Herring
2017-11-09 9:49 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 03/31] nds32: Support early_printk Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:47 ` Tobias Klauser
2017-11-09 7:19 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 04/31] nds32: Exception handling Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 8:23 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <E26F4CF8B7DDDB4383A6C2D78D5C3CD56B4974CE@ATCPCS16.andestech.com>
2017-11-13 10:54 ` Fwd: FW: " Vincent Chen
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 05/31] nds32: MMU definitions Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 8:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-08 8:46 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 06/31] nds32: MMU initialization Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 07/31] nds32: MMU fault handling and page table management Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 08/31] nds32: Cache and TLB routines Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 8:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-08 9:01 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 09/31] nds32: Process management Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 10/31] nds32: IRQ handling Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 8:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-08 9:06 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:54 ` [PATCH 11/31] nds32: Atomic operations Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 8:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-08 9:32 ` vincentc
2017-11-20 14:29 ` Will Deacon
2017-11-22 3:02 ` Vincent Chen
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 12/31] nds32: Device specific operations Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 7:04 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-10 16:07 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-10 16:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-22 10:02 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 13/31] nds32: DMA mapping API Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 7:12 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-09 10:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-10 8:13 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 14/31] nds32: ELF definitions Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 15/31] nds32: System calls handling Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <E26F4CF8B7DDDB4383A6C2D78D5C3CD56B497241@ATCPCS16.andestech.com>
2017-11-13 2:51 ` Fwd: FW: " Vincent Chen
2017-11-13 11:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-22 3:13 ` Vincent Chen
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 16/31] nds32: VDSO support Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-08 20:00 ` Deepa Dinamani
2017-11-08 20:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-08 20:14 ` Deepa Dinamani
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 17/31] nds32: Signal handling support Greentime Hu
2017-11-09 1:26 ` Al Viro
[not found] ` <E26F4CF8B7DDDB4383A6C2D78D5C3CD56B497460@ATCPCS16.andestech.com>
2017-11-13 2:34 ` Fwd: FW: " Vincent Chen
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 18/31] nds32: Library functions Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 0:40 ` Al Viro
[not found] ` <E26F4CF8B7DDDB4383A6C2D78D5C3CD56B497559@ATCPCS16.andestech.com>
2017-11-14 4:47 ` Fwd: FW: " Vincent Chen
2017-11-18 2:44 ` Al Viro
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 19/31] nds32: Debugging support Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 20/31] nds32: L2 cache support Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 7:24 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 21/31] nds32: Loadable modules Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 22/31] nds32: Generic timers support Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 23/31] nds32: Device tree support Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 7:48 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 24/31] nds32: Miscellaneous header files Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 9:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 25/31] nds32: defconfig Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 10:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 8:00 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-09 10:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-10 8:16 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 26/31] nds32: Build infrastructure Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 10:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 9:02 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-09 10:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-10 8:26 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-17 12:39 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-17 12:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-17 13:50 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-13 10:45 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-11-16 10:03 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-16 10:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-17 13:53 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 27/31] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Andestech Internal Vector Interrupt Controller Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 13:25 ` Rob Herring
2017-11-09 9:43 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 28/31] irqchip: Andestech Internal Vector Interrupt Controller driver Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 14:24 ` Marc Zyngier
2017-11-09 10:10 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 29/31] MAINTAINERS: Add nds32 Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 13:31 ` Rob Herring
2017-11-09 9:46 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-09 10:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-14 15:39 ` Joe Perches
2017-11-16 12:22 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 30/31] dt-bindings: nds32 CPU Bindings Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 13:18 ` Rob Herring
2017-11-09 9:39 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-09 13:57 ` Rob Herring
2017-11-10 6:22 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-10 8:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-10 8:43 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 5:55 ` [PATCH 31/31] net: faraday add nds32 support Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 8:32 ` [PATCH 00/31] Andes(nds32) Linux Kernel Port David Howells
2017-11-08 8:41 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 10:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 9:26 ` Greentime Hu
2017-11-08 10:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-11-09 9:33 ` Greentime Hu [this message]
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