RE: [PATCH v3 0/6] Prerequisites for NXP LS104xA SMMU enablement

From: Laurentiu Tudor
Date: Fri May 31 2019 - 12:50:45 EST


Hello Andreas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas FÃrber <afaerber@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 7:15 PM
>
> Hi Laurentiu,
>
> Am 30.05.19 um 16:19 schrieb laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx:
> > This patch series contains several fixes in preparation for SMMU
> > support on NXP LS1043A and LS1046A chips. Once these get picked up,
> > I'll submit the actual SMMU enablement patches consisting in the
> > required device tree changes.
>
> Have you thought through what will happen if this patch ordering is not
> preserved? In particular, a user installing a future U-Boot update with
> the DTB bits but booting a stable kernel without this patch series -
> wouldn't that regress dpaa then for our customers?
>

These are fixes for issues that popped out after enabling SMMU.
I do not expect them to break anything.

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Best Regards, Laurentiu