Re: [PATCH V2] AHCI: Workaround for ThunderX Errata#22536

[Tirumalesh Chalamarla]

On 02/16/2016 06:42 AM, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 15.02.16 13:30:41, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 07:36:18PM -0800, Tirumalesh Chalamarla wrote:
> > > There is no need for special Driver, AHCI is sufficient for ThunderX, the
> > > file only contains this interrupt handler,
> > > is it preferable if this interrupt handler in libahci.c with others, instead
> > > of separate file?
> >
> > Yeap, just fold it in ahci.c with surrounding #ifdef guard.
>
> Yes, please use #ifdef CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22536 ... and add a
> kconfig entry for this to arch/arm64/Kconfig.
Are you sure, this is not a workaround that is based on alternative 
framework rather on pci device and vendor

do you think CONFIG_ARCH_THUNDER a good alternative?



> -Robert