[U-Boot] ARMv8 spin-table patches

[York Sun]

On 07/14/2014 07:03 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Unfortunately I don't have an answer to that; the arm64 Linux spin-table
> documentation and code were all written before I was involved.
> 
> The unfortunate truth is that a lot of the ARM DT and boot unification
> work was done somewhat blindly, with many subtleties being lost. Someone
> implemented spin-table with a shared address because it happened to be
> easier, and then it got copied. Now that people are actively using it
> it's not possible to remove it, and it's difficult to dissuade others
> from following the crowd.
> 
> If U-Boot provides each CPU with its own unique address, then that would
> be fantastic, and certainly avoids one nasty edge-case.

In the patch set I sent for review, each CPU has its own spin table. It has an
option to use a single release address, or individual release address.

York