Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] arm: topology: parse the topology from the dt

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Fri Apr 16 2021 - 05:32:48 EST


On 16/04/21 15:47, Ruifeng Zhang wrote:
> For more requirements, if all cores in one physical cluster, the
> {aff2} of all cores are the same value.
> i.e. the sc9863a,
> core0: 0000000081000000
> core1: 0000000081000100
> core2: 0000000081000200
> core3: 0000000081000300
> core4: 0000000081000400
> core5: 0000000081000500
> core6: 0000000081000600
> core7: 0000000081000700
>
> According to MPIDR all cores will parse to the one cluster, but it's
> the big.LITTLE system, it's need two logic cluster for schedule or
> cpufreq.
> So I think it's better to add the logic of parse topology from DT.

Ah, so it's a slightly different issue, but still one that requires a
different means of specifying topology.