[PATCH v3 0/3] arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: fix GICR size, add cache info, maintenance irq and GICH, GICV spaces

[Yang Xiwen]

On 3/12/2024 7:33 PM, Wei Xu wrote:
> Hi Yang,
>
> On 2024/3/12 19:19, Yang Xiwen wrote:
>> On 2/19/2024 11:05 PM, Yang Xiwen via B4 Relay wrote:
>>> The patchset fixes some warnings reported by the kernel during boot.
>>>
>>> The cache size info is from Processor_Datasheet_v2XX.pdf [1], Section
>>> 2.2.1 Master Processor.
>>>
>>> The cache line size and the set-associative info are from Cortex-A53
>>> Documentation [2].
>>>
>>>   From the doc, it can be concluded that L1 i-cache is 4-way assoc, L1
>>> d-cache is 2-way assoc and L2 cache is 16-way assoc. Calculate the dts
>>> props accordingly.
>>>
>>> Also, to use KVM's VGIC code, GICH, GICV registers spaces and maintenance
>>> IRQ are added to the dts with verification.
>>>
>>> [1]: https://github.com/96boards/documentation/blob/master/enterprise/poplar/hardware-docs/Processor_Datasheet_v2XX.pdf
>>> [2]: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0500/j/Level-1-Memory-System
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yang Xiwen <forbidden405 at outlook.com>
>>> ---
>>> Changes in v3:
>>> - send patches to stable (Andrew Lunn)
>>> - rewrite the commit logs more formally (Andrew Lunn)
>>> - rename l2-cache0 to l2-cache (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
>>> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240218-cache-v2-0-1fd919e2bd3e@outlook.com
>>>
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> - arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: add GICH, GICV register spces and
>>>     maintainance IRQ.
>>> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240218-cache-v1-0-2c0a8a4472e7@outlook.com
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Yang Xiwen (3):
>>>         arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: fix the size of GICR
>>>         arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: add GICH, GICV register space and irq
>>>         arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: add cache info
>>>
>>>    arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi3798cv200.dtsi | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>    1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>> ---
>>> base-commit: 8d3dea210042f54b952b481838c1e7dfc4ec751d
>>> change-id: 20240218-cache-11c8bf7566c2
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>> May someone apply this patchset to their tree so that it can land in stable at the end? This is a fix, not adding new functionalities. It's been 2 weeks already.
>>
> Sorry for the delay, I am too busy to catch up with this cycle.
> I will go through this patch set and maybe apply it during the next cycle.


No problem. I'm just a bit worried if this patch is getting lost. It's 
good to know it's still maintained. Because i've seen some maintainers 
not reviewing any patches for over 1 year already, with their names and 
emails still in MAINTAINERS.


By the way, I think fixes and new features are in different cycles? Most 
maintainers seem to have multiple branches to handle this.


>
> Best Regards,
> Wei


-- 
Regards,
Yang Xiwen