Re: [GIT PULL] asm-generic changes for 5.19

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon May 30 2022 - 04:24:10 EST


On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 3:21 PM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > My feeling is that there is also no point in merging a port without
> > the drivers as it cannot work on any hardware. On the other hand,
> > the libc submissions (glibc and musl) are currently blocked while
> > they are waiting for the kernel port to get merged.
>
> I'd tend to agree. But if on the other hand the userspace ABI is
> clearly defined, I think it could make sense to go for it (if I
> remember well, we merged arm64 without any support irqchip support,
> and the arm64 GIC support appeared later in the game).

Ok, thanks for taking another look. I think we should just merge the
port without the drivers then, and you can make a decision on
the irqchip drivers after you've reviewed the latest version.

Arnd