[PATCH 3/4] ARM: shmobile: rcar-gen2: Add CA7 arch_timer initialization for r8a7794

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Wed Nov 12 01:14:25 PST 2014


On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:53:45AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 November 2014 08:59:55 Simon Horman wrote:
> > > > From 8bf0a4cae3137411498ff23ca46f693e4c22a25b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> > > > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:36:50 +0100
> > > > Subject: [PATCH] ARM: shmobile: always build rcar setup for armv7
> > > >
> > > > In a combined ARMv6/v7 kernel, the setup-rcar-gen2.c cannot
> > > > currently be compiled correctly because it uses the isb
> > > > instruction that is not available on ARMv6. Adding the
> > > > -march=armv7-a flag lets the compiler know that it is safe
> > > > to build this file for ARMv7.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> > > 
> > > Thanks, this is a better solution than "[RFT] ARM: shmobile: rcar-gen2:
> > > Fix build breakage" (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/31/338).
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> > 
> > Agreed.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas at verge.net.au>
> > 
> > Arnd, what is the best way to get this patch merged?
> > Do you plan to take it or should I?
> 
> I believe the problem only exists in your tree at the moment, not in arm-soc,
> so please apply it on top of the branch that introduced the build error
> before sending it to arm-soc. If you have already sent a pull request
> but we haven't taken it yet, send an updated pull request that adds
> this patch.

Sure, will do.



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