[PATCH 0/5] Add BBML3 cpu feature

Linu Cherian linu.cherian at arm.com
Thu Jul 2 20:16:57 PDT 2026


Hi Suzuki,

On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 11:11:35AM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> On 01/07/2026 10:41, Linu Cherian wrote:
> > Patches 1 and 2 introduces BBML3 cpu feature
> > Patches 3, 4 and 5 adds more cpus to the BBML3 support list,
> > 	which dont advertise themselves through the standard
> > 	MMFR2_ID registers.
> > 
> > Linu Cherian (5):
> >    arm64: cpufeature: Add BBML3
> >    arm64: cpufeature: Detect BBML3 based on MMFR2 ID
> 
> 
> >    arm64: cputype: Add Cortex-A520AE definitions
> >    arm64: cputype: Add C1-Nano definitions
> >    arm64: cpufeature: Extend bbml3 support list
> 
> If you could move the last 3 patches to the top, would be easier
> for people to back port the "enable" BBLM3 for those CPUs, without
> the renaming conflicts.
> 

IMHO, if we change the order, "arm64: cpufeature: Extend bbml3 support list"
title need to be tweaked and might not go well with this BBML3 support series.
Also, backporting issue wouldnt be a problem if the whole series is
backported and not just 3 patches in isolation ?

Thanks,
Linu Cherian.



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