[U-Boot] [PATCHV5 4/6] ARMv8/Layerscape: switch SMP method accordingly

Zhiqiang Hou zhiqiang.hou at nxp.com
Sun Jun 12 06:33:59 CEST 2016


Hi Scott,

Thanks for your comments!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Wood
> Sent: 2016年6月12日 12:10
> To: Zhiqiang Hou <zhiqiang.hou at nxp.com>; york sun <york.sun at nxp.com>; u-
> boot at lists.denx.de; albert.u.boot at aribaud.net; scottwood at freescale.com;
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> prabhakar at freescale.com; bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCHV5 4/6] ARMv8/Layerscape: switch SMP method accordingly
> 
> On 06/11/2016 10:58 PM, Zhiqiang Hou wrote:
> > Hi York,
> >
> > Thanks for your comments!
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: York Sun [mailto:york.sun at nxp.com]
> >> Sent: 2016年6月8日 8:56
> >> To: Zhiqiang Hou <zhiqiang.hou at nxp.com>; u-boot at lists.denx.de;
> >> albert.u.boot at aribaud.net; scottwood at freescale.com;
> >> Mingkai.hu at freescale.com; yorksun at freescale.com; leoli at freescale.com;
> >> prabhakar at freescale.com; bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCHV5 4/6] ARMv8/Layerscape: switch SMP method
> >> accordingly
> >>
> >> On 06/04/2016 11:40 PM, Zhiqiang Hou wrote:
> >>> From: Hou Zhiqiang <Zhiqiang.Hou at nxp.com>
> >>>
> >>> If the PSCI and PPA is ready, skip the fixup for spin-table and
> >>> waking secondary cores. If not, change SMP method to spin-table, and
> >>> the device node of PSCI will be removed.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Hou Zhiqiang <Zhiqiang.Hou at nxp.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> V5:
> >>>  - Changed the checking if the PSCI feature is ready to read the psci version.
> >>>
> >>> V4:
> >>>  - Reordered this patch.
> >>>
> >>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c | 17 +++++++++++++---
> >>> arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/fdt.c | 36
> >>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>  2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> >>> b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> >>> index 672a453..eb566cd 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> >>> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
> >>>  #ifdef CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
> >>>  #include <fsl_esdhc.h>
> >>>  #endif
> >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARMV8_SEC_FIRMWARE_SUPPORT #include
> >>> +<asm/armv8/sec_firmware.h> #endif
> >>>
> >>>  DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> >>>
> >>> @@ -618,6 +621,7 @@ int arch_early_init_r(void)  {  #ifdef CONFIG_MP
> >>>  	int rv = 1;
> >>> +	bool psci_support = false;
> >>>  #endif
> >>>
> >>>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A009635 @@ -625,9 +629,16 @@ int
> >>> arch_early_init_r(void)  #endif
> >>>
> >>>  #ifdef CONFIG_MP
> >>> -	rv = fsl_layerscape_wake_seconday_cores();
> >>> -	if (rv)
> >>> -		printf("Did not wake secondary cores\n");
> >>> +#if defined(CONFIG_ARMV8_SEC_FIRMWARE_SUPPORT) &&
> >> defined(CONFIG_ARMV8_PSCI)
> >>> +	/* Check the psci version to determine if the psci is supported */
> >>> +	psci_support = (int)sec_firmware_support_psci_version() > 0 ?
> >>> +			true : false;
> >>
> >> Another comment, even if the function can be used to indicate if psci
> >> is available, do you have to cast it to (int)? I think this can be simplified as
> >> 	psci_support = sec_firmware_support_psci_version() > 0;
> >
> > The type of this func return value is 'unsigned int', so the cast is necessary.
> 
> If it can return negative values then change the function's return value.  If the
> value is not really negative but you just want to test the upper bit, then do that
> explicitly.  In any case, please explain what the format of this return value is
> supposed to be.

Yes, will check the PSCI spec and PPA to fix it.

Thanks,
Zhiqiang


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