[PATCH v6 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync

[Scott Wood]

On 06/29/2012 10:39 AM, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Zhao Chenhui
> <chenhui.zhao at freescale.com> wrote:
>> +static void mpc85xx_give_timebase(void)
>> +{
>> +       unsigned long flags;
>> +
>> +       local_irq_save(flags);
>> +
>> +       while (!tb_req)
>> +               barrier();
> 
> I think tb_req and tb_valid need to be 'volatile'.

No, barrier() and mb() take care of that.

>> +static const struct of_device_id mpc85xx_smp_guts_ids[] = {
>> +       { .compatible = "fsl,mpc8572-guts", },
>> +       { .compatible = "fsl,p1020-guts", },
>> +       { .compatible = "fsl,p1021-guts", },
>> +       { .compatible = "fsl,p1022-guts", },
>> +       { .compatible = "fsl,p1023-guts", },
>> +       { .compatible = "fsl,p2020-guts", },
>> +       {},
>> +};
> 
> I wonder if it's possible to dynamically generate the compatible
> string by using the SOC name?

Where are you going to get the SoC name from?

-Scott