[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v14 00/12] Arm build options rework

[Juraj Linkeš]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli at arm.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 4:12 PM
> To: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>; Juraj Linkeš
> <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>; bruce.richardson at intel.com; Ruifeng Wang
> <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com>; Phil Yang <Phil.Yang at arm.com>;
> vcchunga at amazon.com; Dharmik Thakkar <Dharmik.Thakkar at arm.com>;
> jerinjacobk at gmail.com; hemant.agrawal at nxp.com; Ajit Khaparde
> (ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com) <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>;
> ferruh.yigit at intel.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; nd <nd at arm.com>; nd <nd at arm.com>
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v14 00/12] Arm build options rework
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > >
> > >v14:
> > >Resent for retesting (because of suspected false negative).
> > >
> > >Series Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com> Series Tested-by:
> > >Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com> Series Tested-by: Dharmik Thakkar
> > ><dharmik.thakkar at arm.com> Series Tested-by: Vimal Chungath
> > ><vcchunga at amazon.com>
> > >
> >
> > Series Tested-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> >
> > Also, I believe we need to take a look at ARCH_SOC_ID support coming
> > up in
> > 5.9 kernel.
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200506164411.3284-1-
> > sudeep.holla at arm.com/
> 
> Agree, it can come after this series is merged.
> 
> Note that it requires firmware with SMCCC v1.2 support in the underlying
> platform.
> 

I have a few questions to everyone:
Is there any comprehensive documentation about how to use this? Things like where in Linux can I get the ARCH_SOC_ID and how are the ID's mapped to socs?
If the ID mappings are not public then the plaform owners would need to add the support, right?