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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: Handle translated addresses for hardware domains in GICv2



On 24/02/15 17:00, Ian Campbell wrote:
>> Furthermore, the current code rely on how the device has been written.
>> For instance the calxeda device tree is using ranges and, therefore, the
>> regs contains offset.
>> Fortunately, the offset and the translated address is the same.
>>
>>> I certainly wouldn't want to backport a fix to gic v2 only.
>>
>> As we didn't backport other patches related to GICv3, it would not make
>> much sense to backport a similar fix for GICv3..
> 
> We should consider each patch/series on its own merits. The other GICv3
> fixes were far more invasive and complicated than what is being done
> here.

Agreed. Just it doesn't make sense to backport new GICv3 patches as we
know that without the previous series any Linux >= 3.19 won't boot at all.

Regards,

-- 
Julien Grall

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