Hi Simon,
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Simon Horman <ho...@verge.net.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 08:57:53AM +0000, Fabrizio Castro wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: linux-renesas-soc-ow...@vger.kernel.org
>> > [mailto:linux-renesas-soc-ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Geert
>> > Uytterhoeven
>> > Sent: 15 September 2017 09:05
>> > To: Simon Horman <ho...@verge.net.au>; Fabrizio Castro
>> > <fabrizio.cas...@bp.renesas.com>
>> > Cc: Chris Paterson <chris.paters...@renesas.com>; Rob Herring
>> > <robh...@kernel.org>; Mark Rutland <mark.rutl...@arm.com>;
>> > Magnus Damm <magnus.d...@gmail.com>; Russell King <li...@armlinux.org.uk>;
>> > devicet...@vger.kernel.org; Linux-Renesas
>> > <linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>; linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org;
>> > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+rene...@glider.be>
>> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] ARM: dts: r8a7745: Add APMU node and second CPU
>> > core
>> >
>> > Hi Simon, Fabrizio,
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Simon Horman <ho...@verge.net.au> wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:05:34PM +0100, Chris Paterson wrote:
>> > >> From: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.cas...@bp.renesas.com>
>> > >>
>> > >> Add DT node for the Advanced Power Management Unit (APMU), add the
>> > >> second CPU core, and use "renesas,apmu" as "enable-method".
>> > >>
>> > >> Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.cas...@bp.renesas.com>
>> > >> Signed-off-by: Chris Paterson <chris.paters...@renesas.com>
>> > >> ---
>> > >> This patch is based on renesas-devel-20170913-v4.13.
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > with reference to "[PATCH v3 0/3] ARM: renesas: Enable SMP on R-Car E2"
>> > > is the CNTVOFF initialised in the boot loader of boards (in upstream)
>> > > for this SoC? If not I expect you will have trouble with the arch timer
>> > > on secondary CPU cores.
>>
>> I can confirm that this patch relies on:
>> * "ARM: Add definition for monitor mode", and
>> * "ARM: shmobile: rcar-gen2: Make sure CNTVOFF is initialized on CA7/15 "
>> as the bootloader doesn't initialize CNTVOFF.
>>
>> >
>> > Exactly my question.
>> >
>> > Fabrizio: Given your feedback on "[PATCH v3 0/3] ARM: renesas: Enable SMP
>> > on
>> > R-Car E2", I think SMP enablement on RZ/G1E has to be postponed until "ARM:
>> > shmobile: rcar-gen2: Make sure CNTVOFF is initialized on CA7/15" has been
>> > accepted upstream.
>>
>> You are right, somehow we missed the comment made by Simon on Monday:
>>
>> " I would like to deffer the third and last patch until v4.16 to avoid
>> an awkward branch dependency on the above - the branches are different
>> even though the tree is the same. Please resubmit this patch once the
>> above dependencies are present in an rc release, which at this stage
>> I expect to be v4.15-rc1."
>>
>> Apologies for this, we will send this patch later on, once both patches have
>> been
>> accepted upstream.
>
> No problem, I will mark this one as deferred.
As the dependency is in v4.15-rc1, it can be applied now.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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