[v2 3/9] ARM: tegra: # of CPU cores detection w/ & w/o HAVE_ARM_SCU

[Lorenzo Pieralisi]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 04:21:38PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 02:53:42PM +0000, Hiroshi Doyu wrote:

[...]

> > > >  static void __init tegra_smp_init_cpus(void)
> > > >  {
> > > > -	unsigned int i, ncores = scu_get_core_count(scu_base);
> > > > +	unsigned int i, cpu_id, ncores;
> > > > +	u32 l2ctlr;
> > > > +	phys_addr_t pa;
> > > > +
> > > > +	cpu_id = read_cpuid(CPUID_ID) & CPU_MASK;
> > > > +	switch (cpu_id) {
> > > > +	case CPU_CORTEX_A15:
> > > > +		asm("mrc p15, 1, %0, c9, c0, 2\n" : "=r" (l2ctlr));
> > > > +		ncores = ((l2ctlr >> 24) & 3) + 1;
> > > > +		break;
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > As mentioned last time [1], you should get this information from the dt
> > > instead.
> > 
> > Most of platsmp.c:.smp_init_cpus() implementations seem just to
> > overwrite # of cores by SCU/MRC detection. Is there any implementation
> > to use the DT's # and skip SCU/MRC detection in .smp_init_cpus()?
> 
> As far as I can see, there's no other platform which just relies on
> arm_dt_init_cpu_maps. Until recently, it didn't exist, so that makes some
> sense. As far as I can see, for the Tegra 114 you only need your smp_init_cpus
> to call set_smp_cross_call(gic_raise_softirq). Everything else you do seems to
> be handled by arm_dt_init_cpus.
> 
> I think the best option would be to have a separate smp_ops for your dt
> platforms where we know cpu nodes are populated (e.g. Tegra 114), where
> smp_init_cpus is different to that for non-dt platforms. That way non dt
> platforms can keep the SCU hack for now, and won't be broken, and the dt
> platforms are far removed from the SCU hack and just use common infrastructure.
> 
> Maybe someone else has a better idea?

Have a look at mach-vexpress/platsmp.c (keeping in mind that the
GENERIC_SCU case will be refactored/removed since arm_dt_init_cpu_maps() is
doing most of the required steps), please let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Lorenzo