[PATCH v3 03/13] riscv: dts: allwinner: Add xtheadvector to the D1/D1s devicetree

Conor Dooley conor at kernel.org
Tue Jul 2 08:39:26 PDT 2024


On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 05:46:42PM +0800, Yu-Chien Peter Lin wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 05:31:01PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 11:11:55AM -0500, Samuel Holland wrote:
> > > Hi Conor, Charlie,
> > > 
> > > On 2024-07-01 11:07 AM, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 10:27:01AM -0500, Samuel Holland wrote:
> > > >> On 2024-06-19 6:57 PM, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> > > >>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/allwinner/sun20i-d1s.dtsi b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/allwinner/sun20i-d1s.dtsi
> > > >>> index 64c3c2e6cbe0..6367112e614a 100644
> > > >>> --- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/allwinner/sun20i-d1s.dtsi
> > > >>> +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/allwinner/sun20i-d1s.dtsi
> > > >>> @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ cpu0: cpu at 0 {
> > > >>>  			riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
> > > >>
> > > >> The ISA string should be updated to keep it in sync with riscv,isa-extensions.
> > > > 
> > > > This probably looks like this cos I said that the kernel shouldn't parse
> > > > vendor extensions from "riscv,isa". My rationale was that we have
> > > > basically no control of what a vendor extension means in riscv,isa so 
> > > > we shouldn't parse them from it (so marginally worse than standard
> > > > extensions, where it means what the spec says except when it doesn't).
> > > > 
> > > > Given how we implement the parsing, it also meant we weren't implying
> > > > meanings for vendor extensions ACPI-land, where we also can't ensure the
> > > > meanings or that they remain stable. That change is in a different
> > > > series:
> > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/patch/20240609-support_vendor_extensions-v2-1-9a43f1fdcbb9@rivosinc.com/
> > > > 
> > > > Although now that I think about it, this might break xandespmu... I
> > > > dunno if the Andes guys switched over to using the new property outside
> > > > of the single dts in the kernel tree using their SoC. We could
> > > > potentially special-case that extension if they haven't - but my
> > > > position on this mostly is that if you want to use vendor extensions you
> > > > should not be using riscv,isa (even if the regex doesn't complain if you
> > > > add them). I'd like to leave the code in the other patch as-is if we can
> > > > help it.
> > > > 
> > > > I added Yu Chien Peter Lin here, maybe they can let us know what they're
> > > > doing.
> > > 
> > > OK, that makes sense to me. Then please ignore my original comment.
> > 
> > Should the xandespmu thing be an issue, I'd suggest we just do something
> > like the following, in place of the new switch arm added by Charlie:
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > index ec4bff7a827c..bb99b4055ec2 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > @@ -628,6 +628,17 @@ static void __init riscv_parse_isa_string(const char *isa, unsigned long *bitmap
> >  		if (unlikely(ext_err))
> >  			continue;
> >  
> > +		if (*ext == 'x' && acpi_disabled) {
> > +			/*
> > +			 * xandespmu predates this "rule", so special case it for
> > +			 * hysterical raisins
> > +			 */
> > +			if (strncasecmp(ext, "xandespmu", ext_end - ext)) {
> > +				pr_warn_once("Vendor extensions are ignored in riscv,isa. Use riscv,isa-extensions instead.");
> > +				break;
> > +			}
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		match_isa_ext(ext, ext_end, bitmap);
> >  	}
> >  }
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the hands-up!
> We don't use the deprecated riscv,isa to specify xandespmu, so no
> need to address this special case.

Great, that's good to know - thanks!
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