Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756918Ab2F0KJa (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:09:30 -0400 Received: from am1ehsobe006.messaging.microsoft.com ([213.199.154.209]:59123 "EHLO am1outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753897Ab2F0KJ3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:09:29 -0400 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:70.37.183.190;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:mail.freescale.net;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -3 X-BigFish: VS-3(zz98dI9371I1432Izz1202hzz8275bhz2dh2a8h668h839h944hd25hf0ah) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:10:25 +0800 From: Zhao Chenhui To: Kumar Gala CC: , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync Message-ID: <20120627101025.GA10476@localhost.localdomain> References: <1340706359-9455-1-git-send-email-chenhui.zhao@freescale.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-OriginatorOrg: freescale.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1167 Lines: 32 On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 09:03:42AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 5:25 AM, Zhao Chenhui wrote: > > > Do hardware timebase sync. Firstly, stop all timebases, and transfer > > the timebase value of the boot core to the other core. Finally, > > start all timebases. > > > > Only apply to dual-core chips, such as MPC8572, P2020, etc. > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhao Chenhui > > Signed-off-by: Li Yang > > --- > > Changes for v6: > > * added 85xx_TB_SYNC > > * added isync() after set_tb() > > * removed extra entries from mpc85xx_smp_guts_ids > > Why only on dual-core chips? Is this because of something related to 2 cores, or related to corenet vs non-corenet SoCs and how turning on/off the timebase works in the SOC? > > - k I am working on a timebase sync patch for corenet SoCs which have more than 2 cores. It is based on this patch. -Chenhui -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/