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From: Peter Zijlstra

Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver

Date: Monday, October 18, 2010 - 5:46 am

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 09:44 +0200, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
quoted text> OMAP4 introduces a Spinlock hardware module, which provides hardware
> assistance for synchronization and mutual exclusion between heterogeneous
> processors and those not operating under a single, shared operating system
> (e.g. OMAP4 has dual Cortex-A9, dual Cortex-M3 and a C64x+ DSP). 

I just have to ask... was it really easier to build silicon than to
agree on a spinlock ABI?
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[PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Mon Oct 18, 12:44 am)

[PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Mon Oct 18, 12:44 am)

[PATCH 2/3] OMAP4: hwmod data: Add hwspinlock, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Mon Oct 18, 12:44 am)

[PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Mon Oct 18, 12:44 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Peter Zijlstra, (Mon Oct 18, 5:46 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Russell King - ARM Linux, (Mon Oct 18, 6:35 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Peter Zijlstra, (Mon Oct 18, 6:43 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Mon Oct 18, 7:28 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Peter Zijlstra, (Mon Oct 18, 7:33 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Mon Oct 18, 7:39 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Catalin Marinas, (Mon Oct 18, 8:27 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Peter Zijlstra, (Mon Oct 18, 8:32 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Mon Oct 18, 8:35 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Peter Zijlstra, (Mon Oct 18, 8:48 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Catalin Marinas, (Mon Oct 18, 8:51 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Peter Zijlstra, (Mon Oct 18, 8:58 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Greg KH, (Tue Oct 19, 8:46 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Kevin Hilman, (Tue Oct 19, 9:58 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Grant Likely, (Tue Oct 19, 10:01 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kevin Hilman, (Tue Oct 19, 10:03 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Grant Likely, (Tue Oct 19, 10:05 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Kevin Hilman, (Tue Oct 19, 10:16 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Arnd Bergmann, (Tue Oct 19, 10:21 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 19, 1:18 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 19, 1:21 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 19, 1:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 19, 1:51 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Arnd Bergmann, (Tue Oct 19, 1:58 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 19, 2:02 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Arnd Bergmann, (Tue Oct 19, 2:08 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 19, 2:57 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Grant Likely, (Tue Oct 19, 4:12 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Daniel Walker, (Tue Oct 19, 4:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kevin Hilman, (Tue Oct 19, 4:53 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ryan Mallon, (Tue Oct 19, 6:20 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 19, 11:13 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Russell King - ARM Linux, (Wed Oct 20, 2:53 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Wed Oct 20, 3:00 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Wed Oct 20, 6:00 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Wed Oct 20, 7:09 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Wed Oct 20, 7:38 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Grant Likely, (Wed Oct 20, 8:51 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Grant Likely, (Wed Oct 20, 8:55 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Kevin Hilman, (Wed Oct 20, 11:18 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kevin Hilman, (Wed Oct 20, 11:37 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Wed Oct 20, 12:21 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Daniel Walker, (Wed Oct 20, 3:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver, Bryan Huntsman, (Wed Oct 20, 3:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Wed Oct 20, 3:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kevin Hilman, (Wed Oct 20, 4:58 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Wed Oct 20, 11:11 pm)

RE: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kamoolkar, Mugdha, (Thu Oct 21, 1:36 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Arnd Bergmann, (Thu Oct 21, 2:04 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Thu Oct 21, 2:06 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Thu Oct 21, 3:13 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Arnd Bergmann, (Thu Oct 21, 5:02 am)

RE: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kanigeri, Hari, (Thu Oct 21, 5:26 am)

RE: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kamoolkar, Mugdha, (Fri Oct 22, 2:59 am)

RE: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Kamoolkar, Mugdha, (Fri Oct 22, 3:14 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Fri Oct 22, 4:16 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Tony Lindgren, (Fri Oct 22, 9:56 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver, Tony Lindgren, (Fri Oct 22, 10:00 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Grant Likely, (Fri Oct 22, 10:03 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Tony Lindgren, (Fri Oct 22, 10:28 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Sun Oct 24, 10:54 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Tony Lindgren, (Mon Oct 25, 12:02 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Ohad Ben-Cohen, (Tue Oct 26, 4:54 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device, Tony Lindgren, (Tue Oct 26, 12:06 pm)

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