[PATCH] edac: xgene: fix cpuid abuse
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Mon Jun 1 11:09:55 PDT 2015
On Monday 01 June 2015 10:04:51 Loc Ho wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> Thanks for the changes, some minor change requested below.
>
> > The new x-gene EDAC driver incorrectly tried to figure out the version of
> > one of its IP blocks by looking at the version of the CPU core, which is
> > only vagely related.
> >
> > This removes the incorrect code and instead uses the version of the IP
> > block in the compatible string where it belongs.
> >
> > Found using build testing on x86, which does not provide the arm64
> > cpuid interface.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> > ---
> >
> > How about this one? We should make sure this gets fixed before the binding
> > gets set in stone with a kernel release.
> >
> > Loc, do you know if some of the other blocks might also have versions
> > associated with them? Normally we try to use more specific product names,
> > but in case of APM there don't seem to be any more specific names
> > than X-Gene and X-Gene2 any more.
> >
>
> I already asked the designer. There is no version register in the PMD block.
Ok.
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt
> > index 480911c38ff9..e31b696ba939 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt
> > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Required properties for memory controller subnode:
> > - memory-controller : Instance number of the memory controller.
> >
> > Required properties for PMD subnode:
> > -- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-edac-pmd".
> > +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-edac-pmd" or "apm,xgene-v2-edac-pmd"
>
> Can we change to "apm,xgene-edac-pmd-v2". I would like to associate
> with the PMD instead with the family name. The PMD (processor module)
> might be re-use in future chip as is such as Gen3, Gen4, and etc.
Makes sense.
> > + xgene_edac_pmd_add(edac, child, 1);
> > + if (of_device_is_compatible(child, "apm,xgene-v2-edac-pmd"))
>
> Change to "apm,xgene-edac-pmd-v2"
>
>
> > + xgene_edac_pmd_add(edac, child, 2);
> > }
> >
> > return 0;
>
> Again... Thanks for the changes.
Can you send a fixed version of the patch?
Arnd
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