Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] ARM: mediatek: add smp bringup code for MT6580

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Wed Aug 05 2015 - 05:44:52 EST


On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 09:54:21PM +0800, Scott Shu wrote:
> Add support for cpu enable-method "mediatek,mt6580-smp" for booting
> secondary CPUs on MT6580.

If you have CPU power domain support, and you power up and power down the
CPUs, why do you need the boot_lock and pen_release stuff? Isn't keeping
the power off on a CPU sufficient to prevent it entering the kernel?

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