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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync
On 06/06/2012 04:31 AM, Zhao Chenhui wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 11:07:41AM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
>> On 06/05/2012 04:08 AM, Zhao Chenhui wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 10:40:00AM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
>>>> I know you say this is for dual-core chips only, but it would be nice if
>>>> you'd write this in a way that doesn't assume that (even if the
>>>> corenet-specific timebase freezing comes later).
>>>
>>> At this point, I have not thought about how to implement the cornet-specific timebase freezing.
>>
>> I wasn't asking you to. I was asking you to not have logic that breaks
>> with more than 2 CPUs.
>
> These routines only called in the dual-core case.

Come on, you know we have chips with more than two cores. Why design
such a limitation into it, just because you're not personally interested
in supporting anything but e500v2?

Is it so hard to make it work for an arbitrary number of cores?

>>> If do not set them, it may make KEXEC fail on other platforms.
>>
>> What platforms?
>
> Such as P4080, P3041, etc.

So we need to wait for corenet timebase sync before we stop causing
problems in virtualization, simulators, etc. if a kernel has kexec or
cpu hotplug enabled (whether used or not)?

Can you at least make sure we're actually in a kexec/hotplug scenario at
runtime?

Or just implement corenet timebase sync -- it's not that different.

-Scott



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