Re: [PATCH RESEND v7 00/21] drivers/perf: apple_m1: Add Apple A7-A11, T2 SoC support

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 09:31:49AM +0800, Nick Chan wrote:

This series adds support for the CPU PMU in the older Apple A7-A11, T2
SoCs. These PMUs may have a different event layout, less counters, or
deliver their interrupts via IRQ instead of a FIQ. Since some of those
older SoCs support 32-bit EL0, counting for 32-bit EL0 also need to
be enabled by the driver where applicable.

Patch 1 adds the DT bindings.
Patch 2-7 prepares the driver to allow adding support for those
older SoCs.

Modulo my nits, the patches look alright to this point...

Patch 8-12 adds support for the older SoCs.

... but I'm not sure if anybody actually cares about these older SoCs
and, even if they do, what the state of the rest of Linux is on those
parts. I recall horror stories about the OS being quietly migrated
between CPUs with incompatible features, at which point I think we have
to question whether we actually care about supporting this hardware.

On the other hand, if it all works swimmingly and it's just the PMU
driver that needs updating, then I could get on board with it.

Will