[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] 85xx: Additional fixes and cleanup of MP code

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Apr 28 11:07:35 CEST 2008


In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0804280223420.4305 at blarg.am.freescale.net> you wrote:
> * adjust __spin_table alignment to match ePAPR v0.94 spec
> * loop over all cpus when determing who is up.  This fixes an issue if
>   the "boot cpu" isn't core0.  The "boot cpu" will already be in the
>   cpu_up_mask so there is no harm
> * Added some protection in the code to ensure proper behavior.  These
>   changes are explicitly needed but don't hurt:
>   - Added eieio to ensure the "hot word" of the table is written after
>     all other table updates have occurred.
>   - Added isync to ensure we don't prefetch loading of table entries
>     until we a released
> 
> These issues we raised by Dave Liu.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>

Will Andy send a pull request or shall I apply directly?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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