[U-Boot] [PATCH] armv8: Remove the codes about switching to EL1 before jumping to kernel

Michal Simek monstr at monstr.eu
Thu Jul 7 19:31:03 CEST 2016


Hi,

2016-07-07 13:44 GMT+02:00 Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de>:

> On 07/07/2016 08:25 AM, Alison Wang wrote:
>
>> As CONFIG_ARMV8_SWITCH_TO_EL1 is not used now, this patch is to remove
>> CONFIG_ARMV8_SWITCH_TO_EL1 and the corresponding functions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alison Wang <alison.wang at nxp.com>
>>
>
> I'll CC the maintainers for ZynqMP and Exynos as well, but from my side
> this patch is a great step forward.
>
> Reviewed-by: Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de>



I am against this patch. The reason is simple. We are using this option for
testing to make sure that hyperviser and OS
behaves correctly when they start from different level.

Thanks,
Michal

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