Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jun 2017 13:24:44 +0100 | From | Mark Rutland <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Generalize fncpy availability |
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 05:07:40PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: > Hi all,
Hi Florian,
> This patch series makes ARM's fncpy() implementation more generic (dropping the > Thumb-specifics) and available in an asm-generic header file. > > Tested on a Broadcom ARM64 STB platform with code that is written to SRAM. > > Changes in v3 (thanks Doug!): > - correct include guard names in asm-generic/fncpy.h to __ASM_FNCPY_H > - utilize Kbuild to provide the fncpy.h header on ARM64 > > Changes in v2: > - leave the ARM implementation where it is > - make the generic truly generic (no) > > This is helpful in making SoC-specific power management code become true drivers > that can be shared between different architectures.
Could you elaborate on what this is needed for?
My understanding was that on 32-bit, this was to handle idle / suspend cases, whereas for arm64 that should be handled by PSCI.
what exactly do you intend to use this for?
Thanks, Mark.
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