Re: [PATCH 7/8] ARM64: dts: amlogic: Extend GXBaby GIC node

[Andreas FÃrber]

Hi,

Am 01.03.2016 um 13:43 schrieb Andre Przywara:
> On 01/03/16 11:18, Andreas FÃrber wrote:
>> Am 01.03.2016 um 12:01 schrieb Andre Przywara:
>>> On 29/02/16 23:44, Andreas FÃrber wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxbb.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxbb.dtsi
>>>> index 0ae089bd1806..5088ae3ff653 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxbb.dtsi
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxbb.dtsi
>>>> @@ -117,7 +117,9 @@
>>>>  		gic: interrupt-controller@c4301000 {
>>>>  			compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic", "arm,cortex-a9-gic";
>>>
>>> I think "arm,gic-400" is the name to use here these days, especially for
>>> arm64.
>>
>> I took what /proc/device-tree showed on Android and verified that this
>> compatible is in use in mainline.
> 
> Some vendor Android kernel is not a good reference for mainline work ;-)
> Better look at other DTs in arch/arm64/boot/dts.

Yes, that's what "in use in mainline" refers to:

$ git grep "cortex-a15-gic" -- arch/arm64/boot/dts/ | grep -v gic-400
arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi: compatible =
"arm,cortex-a15-gic";
arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi: compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic";
arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/foundation-v8.dts: compatible =
"arm,cortex-a15-gic", "arm,cortex-a9-gic";
arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/rtsm_ve-aemv8a.dts: compatible =
"arm,cortex-a15-gic", "arm,cortex-a9-gic";
arch/arm64/boot/dts/nvidia/tegra132.dtsi: compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic";

> You could keep "arm,cortex-a15-gic" in there if you care about
> compatibility with older (vendor) kernels, but I guess there are other
> issues which prevent this anyway, so you could drop this as well.

Yeah, I don't care about backwards compatibility with downstream
kernels, they use weird compatible strings with spaces anyway.

Regards,
Andreas

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