[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] armv8: Enable CPUECTLR.SMPEN for coherency

[york sun]

On 12/15/2016 09:17 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 04:55:44PM +0000, york sun wrote:
>>
>> Would it be a good idea to detect the core and apply this setting at run
>> time, instead of using Kconfig option? Check the macro
>> branch_if_a53_core, branch_if_a57_core for example.
>>
>
> I think we need to look back at the discussion from the last time we
> made a change around here, and make sure to fully understand what
> platforms do and do not need / want to touch that.  See
> d73718f3236c520a92efa401084c658e6cc067f3 and then
> 3a592a1349ac3961b0f4f2db0a8d9f128225d897.
>

Tom,

Thanks for the reminder. Yes we need to understand which platform really 
needs this change. The author suggested using Kconfig option. It can 
surely avoid applying this change blindly.

York