Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Add basic ARMv8.6 support

[Marc Zyngier]

Hi Daniel,

On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:59:33 +0100,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> 
> On 11/10/2021 15:39, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > Thanks for that. All addressed now. I'll repost the series once we've
> > addressed the question below.
> > 
> >> How do you want to merge this series? It would be nice to have the arch
> >> bits in the arm64 tree, if possible, as we'll be tripping over the cpucaps
> >> stuff otherwise.
> > 
> > I think we should keep the series together, as asm/arch_timer.h gets a
> > beating all over the place, and there is no chance the arm64 bits at
> > the end can apply (let alone work) on their own.
> > 
> > So either Daniel would ack the series for it to go via arm64, or
> > create a stable branch with the first 13 patches that would go in both
> > the clocksource and arm64 trees.
> > 
> > Daniel, any preference?
> 
> yes, I prefer a stable branch for this series.
> 
> https://git.linaro.org/people/daniel.lezcano/linux.git/log/?h=timers/drivers/armv8.6_arch_timer
> 

OK, this branch is now slightly outdated, since I have reworked it at
Will's request. -rc5 is also too recent a base for arm64, which is
usually based on -rc3.

I'll repost a new series today or tomorrow and provide tags for both
you and Will to pull from.

Thanks,

	M.

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