[PATCH V2] arm64: Fix PSCI part of booting.txt
Geoff Levand
geoff at infradead.org
Thu Apr 17 12:39:52 PDT 2014
Correct the PSCI booting text to reflect the requirements
of the PSCI spec.
Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoff at infradead.org>
---
v2: Change to mention online CPUs only.
Documentation/arm64/booting.txt | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
index beb754e..e5b9c81 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
@@ -167,13 +167,12 @@ following manner:
value, so CPUs must convert the read value to their native endianness
before jumping to it.
-- CPUs with a "psci" enable method should remain outside of
- the kernel (i.e. outside of the regions of memory described to the
- kernel in the memory node, or in a reserved area of memory described
- to the kernel by a /memreserve/ region in the device tree). The
- kernel will issue CPU_ON calls as described in ARM document number
ARM
- DEN 0022A ("Power State Coordination Interface System Software on ARM
- processors") to bring CPUs into the kernel.
+- CPUs with a "psci" enable method should use the PSCI CPU control
+ functions described in ARM document number ARM DEN 0022A or newer
+ ("Power State Coordination Interface System Software on ARM
+ processors"). The boot loader must power off any of these CPUs that
+ have been brought online using the PSCI CPU_OFF function. The kernel
+ will issue CPU_ON calls to bring CPUs into the kernel.
The device tree should contain a 'psci' node, as described in
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt.
--
1.9.1
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