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    ARM: Introduce CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE() for cpu hotplug/smp · 6c3ff8b1
    Stephen Boyd authored
    The goal of multi-platform kernels is to remove the need for mach
    directories and machine descriptors. To further that goal,
    introduce CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE() to allow cpu hotplug/smp
    support to be separated from the machine descriptors.
    Implementers should specify an enable-method property in their
    cpus node and then implement a matching set of smp_ops in their
    hotplug/smp code, wiring it up with the CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE()
    macro. When the kernel is compiled we'll collect all the
    enable-method smp_ops into one section for use at boot.
    
    At boot time we'll look for an enable-method in each cpu node and
    try to match that against all known CPU enable methods in the
    kernel. If there are no enable-methods in the cpu nodes we
    fallback to the cpus node and try to use any enable-method found
    there. If that doesn't work we fall back to the old way of using
    the machine descriptor.
    Acked-by: default avatarMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
    Cc: <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKumar Gala <galak@codeaurora.org>
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