Re: [PATCH] riscv: Add support for early boot errata application on MIPS chips

Aleksa Paunovic <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.infradead.lists.linux-riscv,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Paul,

On 8/21/26 03:53, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2026, Aleksa Paunovic via B4 Relay wrote:
>
>> From: Aleksa Paunovic <[email protected]>
>>
>> MIPS errata implementation previously skipped early boot application
>> entirely. Although the only currently existing MIPS erratum does not
>> require this, amending this now should make any future addition easier to
>> implement.
>>
>> This commit was based on the existing T-Head implementation.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Jesse Taube <[email protected]>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/CADRr4bcbD57hmR0XGgo8BjgNp4shEADOondZEtwscCJ9-nxXRQ@mail.gmail.com/
>> Signed-off-by: Aleksa Paunovic <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> The patch was motivated by Jesse's suggestion to implement [2] as an early boot erratum.
>> However, since it's in conflict with [1] as well, I decided against sending this one and the ZALRSC patch as a series,
>> opting for rebasing [1] and [2] once it's clear we should move forward with this approach.
>>
>> I tested this on an eight-hart QEMU config. The testing was done by rebasing [1] and [2] onto the patch
>> and running most of the same tests used to verify those patches. This includes: coremark testing, futex kselftests
>> and GDB to check errata application. The same tests were run on the Boston board, configured with a single P8700 core.
>>
>> Links:
>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/[email protected]/
>> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/[email protected]/
> Thanks, queued for v7.4.
Thanks a lot!

Best regards,
Aleksa
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