RE: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected-sources'

2011-02-08 Thread Yoder Stuart-B08248
Blanchard; devicetree-disc...@lists.ozlabs.org; linuxppc- d...@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected- sources' In my previous reply I said that it is not so much as a need as it is a potential simplification. After further reflection, I

Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected-sources'

2011-02-07 Thread Meador Inge
On 02/06/2011 05:35 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 17:25 -0600, Meador Inge wrote: In a recent thread [1,2,3] concerning device trees for AMP systems, the question of whether we really need 'protected-sources' arose. The general consensus was that a new boolean

Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected-sources'

2011-02-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
In my previous reply I said that it is not so much as a need as it is a potential simplification. After further reflection, I don't think that is completely true. As we get into AMP systems with higher core counts, then implementing this functionality using the existing

Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected-sources'

2011-02-07 Thread Meador Inge
On 02/07/2011 03:45 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: In my previous reply I said that it is not so much as a need as it is a potential simplification. After further reflection, I don't think that is completely true. As we get into AMP systems with higher core counts, then implementing this

Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected-sources'

2011-02-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 17:25 -0600, Meador Inge wrote: In a recent thread [1,2,3] concerning device trees for AMP systems, the question of whether we really need 'protected-sources' arose. The general consensus was that a new boolean property 'pic-no-reset' (described in more detail in a

Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected-sources'

2011-02-06 Thread Meador Inge
On 02/06/2011 05:35 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 17:25 -0600, Meador Inge wrote: In a recent thread [1,2,3] concerning device trees for AMP systems, the question of whether we really need 'protected-sources' arose. The general consensus was that a new boolean

Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: Removing support for 'protected-sources'

2011-02-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 19:32 -0600, Meador Inge wrote: So barring the removal of protected sources, does the inclusion of the pic-no-reset property seem reasonable? Sure. Ben. ___ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org