[PATCH v16 2/9] ARM: hisi: enable MCPM implementation

[Haojian Zhuang]

On 5 August 2014 09:02, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Aug 2014, Haojian Zhuang wrote:
>
>> On 5 August 2014 06:43, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> wrote:
>> > Sorry for the delay -- I was on vacation.
>> >
>> > On Mon, 4 Aug 2014, Haojian Zhuang wrote:
>> >
>> >> Multiple CPU clusters are used in Hisilicon HiP04 SoC. Now use MCPM
>> >> framework to manage power on HiP04 SoC.
>> >>
>> >> Changelog:
>> >> v16:
>> >>   * Parse bootwrapper parameters in command line instead.
>> >
>> > What is that about?  I don't particularly like to see bootloader
>> > handshake details passed to the kernel via the kernel command line
>> > mechanism.  Given this looks like special memory regions, can't they be
>> > specified via the device tree instead?
>> >
>>
>> Others don't agree put them into DTS file. So I move them into command line.
>
> Could you give me a pointer to the discussion around that please?
>
>
> Nicolas

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-July/275944.html

Mark challenged what's relationship between bootwrapper address and
system controller. Actually code in bootwrapper is like trampoline.
And it's a software protocol, not hardware description. So I moved
them into command line instead.

Regards
Haojian