Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND 2/5] ARM: add SMP support for Broadcom mobile SoCs

[Matt Porter]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 01:17:00PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> On 05/15/2014 01:03 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > Hi Alex,
> > 
> > 2014-05-15 10:58 GMT-07:00 Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> This patch adds SMP support for BCM281XX and BCM21664 family SoCs.
> >>
> >> This feature is controlled with a distinct config option such that a
> >> SMP-enabled multi-v7 binary can be configured to run these SoCs in
> >> uniprocessor mode.  Since this SMP functionality is used for
> >> multiple Broadcom mobile chip families the config option is called
> >> ARCH_BCM_MOBILE_SMP (for lack of a better name).
> >>
> >> On SoCs of this type, the secondary core is not held in reset on
> >> power-on.  Instead it loops in a ROM-based holding pen.  To release
> >> it, one must write into a special register a jump address whose
> >> low-order bits have been replaced with a secondary core's id, then
> >> trigger an event with SEV.  On receipt of an event, the ROM code
> >> will examine the register's contents, and if the low-order bits
> >> match its cpu id, it will clear them and write the value back to the
> >> register just prior to jumping to the address specified.
> >>
> >> The location of the special register is defined in the device tree
> >> using a "secondary-boot-reg" property in a node whose "enable-method"
> >> matches.
> >>
> >> Derived from code originally provided by Ray Jui <rjui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig   |  18 +++-
> >>  arch/arm/mach-bcm/Makefile  |   3 +
> >>  arch/arm/mach-bcm/platsmp.c | 201 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > Could we make that name a little bit more specific to the mobile SoCs?
> 
> Sure.  I thought about that but naming stuff here has been a sort
> of ongoing struggle...  "Kona" made some sense, in some cases,
> but it's not perfect.  Simlar with "mobile."
> 
> I'll propose "kona_smp.c".  OK with you?  Unless I get a better
> suggestion I'll plan to go with that next time around.

Works for me.

-Matt
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