From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02C54C04AB6 for ; Fri, 31 May 2019 16:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D962E26BD1 for ; Fri, 31 May 2019 16:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726819AbfEaQP0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 May 2019 12:15:26 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:52352 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726579AbfEaQPZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 May 2019 12:15:25 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E218AE8D; Fri, 31 May 2019 16:15:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Prerequisites for NXP LS104xA SMMU enablement To: laurentiu.tudor@nxp.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, madalin.bucur@nxp.com, roy.pledge@nxp.com, camelia.groza@nxp.com, leoyang.li@nxp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Joakim.Tjernlund@infinera.com, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, davem@davemloft.net, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Mian Yousaf Kaukab References: <20190530141951.6704-1-laurentiu.tudor@nxp.com> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Andreas_F=c3=a4rber?= Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Organization: SUSE Linux GmbH Message-ID: Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 18:15:22 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190530141951.6704-1-laurentiu.tudor@nxp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Laurentiu, Am 30.05.19 um 16:19 schrieb laurentiu.tudor@nxp.com: > This patch series contains several fixes in preparation for SMMU > support on NXP LS1043A and LS1046A chips. Once these get picked up, > I'll submit the actual SMMU enablement patches consisting in the > required device tree changes. Have you thought through what will happen if this patch ordering is not preserved? In particular, a user installing a future U-Boot update with the DTB bits but booting a stable kernel without this patch series - wouldn't that regress dpaa then for our customers? Regards, Andreas -- SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Mary Higgins, Sri Rasiah HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)