[GIT PULL] Renesas ARM Based SoC Drivers Updates for v4.7

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Simon,

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 10:19:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 09:57:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net> wrote:
>> >> > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 10:22:56AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
>> >> >> Geert Uytterhoeven (2):
>> >> >>       ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays
>> >> >>       ARM: shmobile: timer: Drop support for Cortex A8

>> Simon: I'm a bit surprised to see that "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj
>> leading to too short delays" got postponed to v4.7, while commit 406663ed61c8
>> ("ARM: shmobile: defconfig: Do not enable CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE") is
>> already in v4.6-rc1.  The latter makes bad behavior due to too short delays
>> more likely to happen.
>>
>> Sorry for not noticing before.
>
> Likewise, sorry for the mix-up.
>
> I can think of two ways to resolve this, likely there are others:
> 1. Submit "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays"
>    or conversely
> 2. Submit a reversion of 406663ed61c8 ("ARM: shmobile: defconfig: Do not
>    enable CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE") as a fix for v4.6.
>
> Or perhaps it is a problem that can just be ironed out in v4.7.
> Let me know what you think.

I prefer option 1, i.e. fixing the bug instead of papering over it in
the defconfig.
Users may not use the defconfig, and have CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE
enabled anyway.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert at linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds