[PATCHv3 2/5] arm64: factor out spin-table boot method

Nicolas Pitre nicolas.pitre at linaro.org
Wed Aug 14 16:20:09 EDT 2013


On Wed, 14 Aug 2013, Olof Johansson wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
> > With PSCI (and possibly other future boot methods), we can bring CPUs
> 
> That's a loaded statement.  :) What's being planned besides PSCI in
> the future? I thought PSCI was going to be mandated on all (new) arm64
> platforms?

Please let's get real.  PSCI is a "recommendation" spec.  It requires 
either a HYP or secure mode in the hardware which some vendors might 
decide not to implement.


Nicolas



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