2 files changed, 12 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
index 6595e875fb2f..ef3cc86f5140 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
@@ -99,14 +99,9 @@ int __cpuinit boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
         flush_cache_all();
 
         /*
-         * XXX
-         *
-         * This is a later addition to the booting protocol: the
-         * bootMonitor now puts secondary cores into WFI, so
-         * poke_milo() no longer gets the cores moving; we need
-         * to send a soft interrupt to wake the secondary core.
-         * Use smp_cross_call() for this, since there's little
-         * point duplicating the code here
+         * Send the secondary CPU a soft interrupt, thereby causing
+         * the boot monitor to read the system wide flags register,
+         * and branch to the address found there.
          */
         smp_cross_call(cpumask_of(cpu), 1);
 
@@ -128,22 +123,6 @@ int __cpuinit boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
         return pen_release != -1 ? -ENOSYS : 0;
 }
 
-static void __init poke_milo(void)
-{
-        /* nobody is to be released from the pen yet */
-        pen_release = -1;
-
-        /*
-         * Write the address of secondary startup into the system-wide flags
-         * register. The BootMonitor waits for this register to become
-         * non-zero.
-         */
-        __raw_writel(BSYM(virt_to_phys(realview_secondary_startup)),
-                     __io_address(REALVIEW_SYS_FLAGSSET));
-
-        mb();
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialise the CPU possible map early - this describes the CPUs
  * which may be present or become present in the system.
@@ -189,13 +168,6 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
         for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
                 set_cpu_present(i, true);
 
-        /*
-         * Initialise the SCU if there are more than one CPU and let
-         * them know where to start. Note that, on modern versions of
-         * MILO, the "poke" doesn't actually do anything until each
-         * individual core is sent a soft interrupt to get it out of
-         * WFI
-         */
         if (max_cpus > 1) {
                 /*
                  * Enable the local timer or broadcast device for the
@@ -204,6 +176,14 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
                 percpu_timer_setup();
 
                 scu_enable(scu_base_addr());
-                poke_milo();
+
+                /*
+                 * Write the address of secondary startup into the
+                 * system-wide flags register. The BootMonitor waits
+                 * until it receives a soft interrupt, and then the
+                 * secondary CPU branches to this address.
+                 */
+                __raw_writel(BSYM(virt_to_phys(realview_secondary_startup)),
+                             __io_address(REALVIEW_SYS_FLAGSSET));
         }
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
index 5b194dd815a8..66d0634e7a96 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
         for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
                 set_cpu_present(i, true);
 
-        /*
-         * Initialise the SCU if there are more than one CPU and let
-         * them know where to start. Note that, on modern versions of
-         * MILO, the "poke" doesn't actually do anything until each
-         * individual core is sent a soft interrupt to get it out of
-         * WFI
-         */
         if (max_cpus > 1) {
                 percpu_timer_setup();
                 scu_enable(scu_base);