Re: [PATCH] arm64: Add part number for Arm Cortex-A78

[Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>]

On 2/17/2021 10:36 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 10:14:11PM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>> Add the MIDR part number info for the Arm Cortex-A78.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>>   arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h | 2 ++
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h
>> index ef5b040..3aced88 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h
>> @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
>>   #define ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A76		0xD0B
>>   #define ARM_CPU_PART_NEOVERSE_N1	0xD0C
>>   #define ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A77		0xD0D
>> +#define ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A78		0xD41
>>   
>>   #define APM_CPU_PART_POTENZA		0x000
>>   
>> @@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
>>   #define MIDR_CORTEX_A76	MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A76)
>>   #define MIDR_NEOVERSE_N1 MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_NEOVERSE_N1)
>>   #define MIDR_CORTEX_A77	MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A77)
>> +#define MIDR_CORTEX_A78	MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A78)
>>   #define MIDR_THUNDERX	MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_CAVIUM, CAVIUM_CPU_PART_THUNDERX)
>>   #define MIDR_THUNDERX_81XX MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_CAVIUM, CAVIUM_CPU_PART_THUNDERX_81XX)
>>   #define MIDR_THUNDERX_83XX MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_CAVIUM, CAVIUM_CPU_PART_THUNDERX_83XX)
> 
> This usually means there's an erratum to work around. What are you hiding ;)
> 
> Will
> 

:) . This is needed for supporting implementation defined AMU counters 
in A78 [1]. However, there is no upstream user of it.

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg856989.html


Thanks
Neeraj

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