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From: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
To: "Juraj Linkeš" <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
Cc: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>,
	"Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com" <Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com>,
	"nd@arm.com" <nd@arm.com>,
	Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 2/2] config/arm: add support for fallback march
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:25:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <PH0PR18MB40869F4F19AA035238A49B4FDE7B2@PH0PR18MB4086.namprd18.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOb5WZbDx1-0wDt9SKqjVvi-xZszvif=M_YO-9XkMJCbwmhZKw@mail.gmail.com>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 9:59 PM
> To: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> Cc: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>; Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com;
> nd@arm.com; Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 2/2] config/arm: add support for fallback march
> 
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
> <pbhagavatula@marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 10:37 AM <pbhagavatula@marvell.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> > > >
> > > > Some ARM CPUs have specific march requirements and
> > > > are not compatible with the supported march list.
> > > > Add fallback march in case the mcpu and the march
> > > > advertised in the part_number_config are not supported
> > > > by the compiler.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It's not clear to me what this patch adds. We already have a fallback
> > > mechanism and this basically does the same thing, but there's some
> > > extra logic that's not clear to me. Looks like there are some extra
> > > conditions around mcpu. In that case, all of the mcpu/march processing
> > > should be done first and then we should do a common fallback.
> > >
> >
> > The current fallback does a simple reverse compatibility check with the
> compiler
> > when force march is not enabled.
> > But this is not true for neoverse-n2 case, as it is based on armv9-a which is a
> super set of
> > armv8.5-a and other features[1]
> > In the current fallback path if both march neoverse-n2 and mcpu armv9-a
> are not supported
> > then it would fallback to armv8.6-a but this not correct as neoverse-n2 is
> not based on armv8.5-a
> >
> > The fallback march armv8.5-a kicks in (if supported) when neoverse-n2 and
> armv9-a are not supported.
> >
> 
> Can the two fallback mechanisms be combined? They seem very similar.

I will try to combine them in the next version.

Thanks,
Pavan.

> 
> >
> > [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
> 3A__github.com_gcc-
> 2Dmirror_gcc_blob_615e25c82de97acc17ab438f88d6788cf7ffe1d6_gcc_confi
> g_arm_arm-2Dcpus.in-
> 23L306&d=DwIFaQ&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=E3SgYMjtKCMVsB-
> fmvgGV3o-g_fjLhk5Pupi9ijohpc&m=-
> Xknjo5NapybFKTREn10YXl4HKVFwvwF7ZNL_2ks7_DxKC9Xynna3Ms2DLynVO
> Fh&s=o_Pt0fUjpeoar7QSgqshIXDxOZVUSNQYcCtRJWhNS8I&e=
> >
> >
> > > > Example
> > > >         mcpu = neoverse-n2
> > > >         march = armv9-a
> > > >         fallback_march = armv8.5-a
> > > >
> > > >         mcpu, march not supported
> > > >         machine_args = ['-march=armv8.5-a']
> > > >
> > > >         mcpu, march, fallback_march not supported
> > > >         least march supported = armv8-a
> > > >
> > > >         machine_args = ['-march=armv8-a']
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  config/arm/meson.build | 15 +++++++++++++--
> > > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build
> > > > index 8c8cfccca0..2aaf78a81a 100644
> > > > --- a/config/arm/meson.build
> > > > +++ b/config/arm/meson.build
> > > > @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ part_number_config_arm = {
> > > >      '0xd49': {
> > > >          'march': 'armv9-a',
> > > >          'march_features': ['sve2'],
> > > > +        'fallback_march': 'armv8.5-a',
> > > >          'mcpu': 'neoverse-n2',
> > > >          'flags': [
> > > >              ['RTE_MACHINE', '"neoverse-n2"'],
> > > > @@ -709,14 +710,14 @@ if update_flags
> > > >
> > > >      # probe supported archs and their features
> > > >      candidate_march = ''
> > > > +    supported_marchs = ['armv9-a', 'armv8.6-a', 'armv8.5-a', 'armv8.4-a',
> > > > +                        'armv8.3-a', 'armv8.2-a', 'armv8.1-a', 'armv8-a']
> > > >      if part_number_config.has_key('march')
> > > >          if part_number_config.get('force_march', false) or support_mcpu
> > > >              if cc.has_argument('-march=' +  part_number_config['march'])
> > > >                  candidate_march = part_number_config['march']
> > > >              endif
> > > >          else
> > > > -            supported_marchs = ['armv8.6-a', 'armv8.5-a', 'armv8.4-a',
> 'armv8.3-
> > > a',
> > > > -                                'armv8.2-a', 'armv8.1-a', 'armv8-a']
> > > >              check_compiler_support = false
> > > >              foreach supported_march: supported_marchs
> > > >                  if supported_march == part_number_config['march']
> > > > @@ -733,6 +734,16 @@ if update_flags
> > > >          endif
> > > >
> > > >          if candidate_march != part_number_config['march']
> > > > +            if part_number_config.has_key('fallback_march') and not
> > > support_mcpu
> > > > +                fallback_march = part_number_config['fallback_march']
> > > > +                foreach supported_march: supported_marchs
> > > > +                    if (supported_march == fallback_march
> > > > +                        and cc.has_argument('-march=' + supported_march))
> > > > +                        candidate_march = supported_march
> > > > +                        break
> > > > +                    endif
> > > > +                endforeach
> > > > +            endif
> > > >              warning('Configuration march version is @0@, not supported.'
> > > >                      .format(part_number_config['march']))
> > > >              if candidate_march != ''
> > > > --
> > > > 2.25.1
> > > >

  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-24 15:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-21  9:36 [PATCH 1/2] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts pbhagavatula
2024-01-21  9:36 ` [PATCH 2/2] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-01-22  6:30   ` Ruifeng Wang
2024-01-22 11:04   ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-01-22 12:16     ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-01-22 16:29       ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-01-24 15:25         ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula [this message]
2024-01-22  6:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts Ruifeng Wang
2024-01-22 10:55 ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-01-22 11:54   ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-01-22 16:26     ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-01-24 15:21       ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-01-29  8:44         ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-01-30 16:16           ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-01-31  9:03             ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-02-01 21:57 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] " pbhagavatula
2024-02-01 21:57   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-02-01 21:57   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] config/arm: allow WFE to be enabled config time pbhagavatula
2024-02-07  2:55     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2024-02-10  6:47       ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-10 16:36         ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2024-02-10 16:40           ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-02  8:50   ` [PATCH v3 1/3] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts pbhagavatula
2024-02-02  8:50     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-02-07 20:24       ` Wathsala Wathawana Vithanage
2024-02-02  8:50     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] config/arm: allow WFE to be enabled config time pbhagavatula
2024-02-10 16:56       ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2024-02-12 19:21       ` Wathsala Wathawana Vithanage
2024-02-06  4:10     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts Wathsala Wathawana Vithanage
2024-02-06  4:44       ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2024-02-06 10:21         ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-07  0:01           ` Wathsala Wathawana Vithanage
2024-02-10  6:49             ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-10 15:20               ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2024-02-10 17:21                 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2024-02-21 20:20     ` [PATCH v4 " pbhagavatula
2024-02-21 20:20       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-02-22 10:47         ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-02-22 12:32           ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-21 20:20       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] config/arm: allow WFE to be enabled config time pbhagavatula
2024-02-22  9:37       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts Juraj Linkeš
2024-02-22  9:49         ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-22 12:45       ` [PATCH v5 " pbhagavatula
2024-02-22 12:45         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-02-23 11:49           ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-02-26  7:11             ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-26  7:31               ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-02-26  7:34                 ` Juraj Linkeš
2024-02-22 12:45         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] config/arm: allow WFE to be enabled config time pbhagavatula
2024-02-23 11:19         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts Juraj Linkeš
2024-02-26  7:08           ` [EXT] " Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-02-26  7:38         ` [PATCH v6 " pbhagavatula
2024-02-26  7:38           ` [PATCH v6 2/3] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-02-26  7:38           ` [PATCH v6 3/3] config/arm: allow WFE to be enabled config time pbhagavatula
2024-03-06 15:49           ` [PATCH v7 1/3] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts pbhagavatula
2024-03-06 15:49             ` [PATCH v7 2/3] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-03-06 15:49             ` [PATCH v7 3/3] config/arm: allow WFE to be enabled config time pbhagavatula
2024-03-07  3:57             ` [PATCH v7 1/3] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2024-03-14 11:38             ` [PATCH v8 1/5] " pbhagavatula
2024-03-14 11:38               ` [PATCH v8 2/5] config/arm: add armv9-a march support pbhagavatula
2024-03-14 11:38               ` [PATCH v8 3/5] config/arm: add crypto march feature to thunderxt83 pbhagavatula
2024-03-14 12:00                 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-03-14 11:38               ` [PATCH v8 4/5] config/arm: add support for fallback march pbhagavatula
2024-03-14 11:38               ` [PATCH v8 5/5] config/arm: allow WFE to be enabled config time pbhagavatula
2024-03-15 11:17               ` [PATCH v8 1/5] config/arm: avoid mcpu and march conflicts Thomas Monjalon

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