Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] ARM: smp: Add initialization of CNTVOFF

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Allo MylÃne,

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:50 PM, MylÃne Josserand
<mylene.josserand@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The CNTVOFF register from arch timer is uninitialized.
> It should be done by the bootloader but it is currently not the case,
> even for boot CPU because this SoC is booting in secure mode.
> It leads to an random offset value meaning that each CPU will have a
> different time, which isn't working very well.
>
> Add assembly code used for boot CPU and secondary CPU cores to make
> sure that the CNTVOFF register is initialized. Because this code can
> be used by different platforms, add this assembly file in ARM's common
> folder.

Thanks for your patch!

> Signed-off-by: MylÃne Josserand <mylene.josserand@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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