Failed to boot ARM64 boards for recent linux-next

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Tue Mar 20 10:00:49 PDT 2018


On 20/03/18 16:52, John Garry wrote:
> On 20/03/2018 16:06, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> On 20/03/18 15:52, John Garry wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2018 13:34, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>>> On 20/03/18 10:13, JeffyChen wrote:
>>>>> Hi Shawn,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/20/2018 05:39 PM, Shawn Lin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also another patch warns a lot when booting the kernel. Is there
>>>>>> anything else I could do to let it go? Seems I am using broken
>>>>>> dts for requesting IRQ_TYPE_NONE there?
>>>>>
>>>>> could be:
>>>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c#L1145
>>>>>
>>>>> 		struct irq_fwspec ppi_fwspec = {
>>>>> 			.fwnode		= gic_data.fwnode,
>>>>> 			.param_count	= 3,
>>>>> 			.param		= {
>>>>> 				[0]	= 1,
>>>>> 				[1]	= i,
>>>>> 				[2]	= IRQ_TYPE_NONE, <--
>>>>> 			},
>>>>> 		};
>>>>>
>>>>> 		irq = irq_create_fwspec_mapping(&ppi_fwspec);
>>>>
>>>> Probably is. Caught at my own game, fun! ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Turning that NONE into LEVEL will work, as there is no known PPIs
>>>> configured as edge (specially in a partitioned system), but the general
>>>> case isn't pretty. I'll queue a workaround for now, and will look at
>>>> addressing the more general issue.
>>>>
>>>
>>> JFYI, reverting the original patch mentioned by Shawn resolved the boot
>>> hang I was seeing on my Huawei D03. My D05 was fine without the revert.
>>
>> I guess your D05 doesn't set SCR_EL3.FIQ, meaning that no Group-0
>> interrupts can reach the firmware. Hopefully it doesn't need them.
>>
>> Would you mind testing the last patch I posted earlier today[1]?
>>
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> Yes, [1] allows my D03 to boot. D05 is still ok.
> 
> If you're going to send this same patch to the list then feel free to add:
> Tested-by: John Garry <john.garry at huawei.com>

OK, thanks for that. There is still a nit on my Chromebook, and I cannot
yet explain why.

Digging.

	M.
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