Re: Ping: [PATCH v2] LoongArch: detect and disable sc.q if erratic

[Huacai Chen]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2026-04-27 at 16:43 +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > Hi, Ruoyao,
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ping.
> > Can we keep this as an out-of-tree patch? It's a bit ugly and I think
> > the corrct way is update firmware.
>
> We can try harder urging the vendors to release the firmware update
> (there are other firmware bugs those the kernel cannot deal with anyway)
> but in many cases the users just complain "hey your distro doesn't boot"
> to the distro maintainers.  And some rogue ODM/OEM tend to ignore any
> reports relayed by the distro maintainers unless the distro pays some
> thousands of dollar.
I know, but distro kernels usually carry out-of-tree patches, this is
not the only one, right?

Huacai

>
> Thus IMO it's better to make the system at least bootable with a message
> (the pr_warn_once line in the patch) to clearly indicate the users that
> they need a firmware update, and the vendors may become motivated a
> little with more users complaining directly.
> >
>
> --
> Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>