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From: =?UTF-8?Q?Christoph_M=C3=BCllner?= <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:00:29 +0100
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Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Add Zawrs support and use it for spinlocks
To: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com>
Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>, Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>, 
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, palmer@dabbelt.com, paul.walmsley@sifive.com, 
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David.Laight@aculab.com, 
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On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 12:35=E2=80=AFPM Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.c=
om> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 12:19:38PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> > (Removing Heiko's @vrull address from Cc:, since it seemed to bounce, k=
eeping
> >  his @sntech address.)
> >
> > > I had a quick look at your changes, and they look good to me.
> >
> > Great.  Thank you for looking them over.
> >
> > > Did you agree with Palmer about testing requirements?
> > > I.e., do we need to run this on hardware that implements Zawrs in a
> > > non-trivial way?
> >
> > I didn't quite discuss such specific requirements or hardware implement=
ations,
> > but I agree that's a valid concern.  Not that I currently have access t=
o such
> > hardware; any further inputs/data will be appreciated.
> >
> > > I can try to raise the priority on this here, but can't promise anyth=
ing.
> > > For me it is also ok if you take over this patchset.
> >
> > Thanks.  Either way works for me.  No urgency from my side.  I'd say - =
let us
> > leave this up to the community/other reviewers.  (IIUC, Palmer was reco=
vering
> > from a certain flu and might need more time than usual to get back here=
.)
> >
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm also interested in seeing this series resurrected and making progress
> again. I'd be happy to help out in any way. It's not clear to me if it ha=
s
> a current owner. If not, then I could start shepherding the patches with
> their authorships intact.

Sounds good to me!
Thanks for working on this!

>
> I may be able to do some testing on an FPGA too.
>
> Thanks,
> drew