[PATCH] ARM: pl2x0/pl310: Refactor Kconfig to be more maintainable
Dave Martin
dave.martin at linaro.org
Tue Dec 6 11:26:46 EST 2011
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 01:25:55PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> On 11/29/2011 10:32 AM, Dave Martin wrote:
> > Making CACHE_L2X0 depends on (huge list of MACH_ and ARCH_ configs)
> > is bothersome to maintain and likely to lead to merge conflicts.
> >
> > This patch moves the knowledge of which platforms have a L2x0 or
> > PL310 cache controller to the individual machines. To enable this,
> > a new HAVE_L2X0_L2CC config option is introduced to allow machines
> > to indicate that they have such a cache controller independently of
> > each other.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>
> > ---
> > arch/arm/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
> > arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig | 1 +
> > arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig | 1 +
> > arch/arm/mach-realview/Kconfig | 5 +++++
> > arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig | 1 +
> > arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 13 ++++++++-----
> > arch/arm/plat-mxc/Kconfig | 1 +
> > 7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > index 44789ef..4068fe5 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > @@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ config ARCH_HIGHBANK
> > select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
> > select ARM_AMBA
> > select ARM_GIC
> > + select HAVE_L2X0_L2CC
> > select ARM_TIMER_SP804
> > select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
> > select CPU_V7
>
> These entries are sorted per rmk's review, so please keep it that way.
Can you explain what order they should be in? Alphabetical?
>
> > @@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ config ARCH_CLPS711X
> > config ARCH_CNS3XXX
> > bool "Cavium Networks CNS3XXX family"
> > select CPU_V6K
> > + select HAVE_L2X0_L2CC
> > select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
> > select ARM_GIC
> > select MIGHT_HAVE_PCI
>
> But as you can see, that's rarely the case...
Do you mean "things are not always in alphabetical order?"
Apologies if I'm being obtuse -- your comments are rather terse for me.
[...]
> > +config HAVE_L2X0_L2CC
> > + bool
> > + default n
>
> n is the default already.
Good point -- I'll kill that.
> > + help
> > + This option should be selected by machines which have a L2x0
> > + or PL310 cache controller.
> > +
> > config CACHE_L2X0
> > bool "Enable the L2x0 outer cache controller"
> > - depends on REALVIEW_EB_ARM11MP || MACH_REALVIEW_PB11MP || MACH_REALVIEW_PB1176 || \
> > - REALVIEW_EB_A9MP || ARCH_IMX_V6_V7 || MACH_REALVIEW_PBX || \
> > - ARCH_NOMADIK || ARCH_OMAP4 || ARCH_EXYNOS4 || ARCH_TEGRA || \
> > - ARCH_U8500 || ARCH_VEXPRESS_CA9X4 || ARCH_SHMOBILE || \
> > - ARCH_PRIMA2 || ARCH_ZYNQ || ARCH_CNS3XXX || ARCH_HIGHBANK
> > + depends on HAVE_L2X0_L2CC
>
> For platforms that run in non-secure mode, this shouldn't really be a
> user selectable option. Perhaps those should just select CACHE_L2X0
> directly. I'm not sure which one's those are other than Highbank and OMAP4.
The idea here is to make the option user-selectable on platforms where it
makes sense (and only those platforms).
So yes, I think that platforms which require this option _should_ select
it directly, rather than it being reverse-selected from arch/arm/mm/Kconfig.
This puts the knowledge in the logical place. Does this apply to OMAP3?
I think we're always running in the Normal World there too.
Cheers
---Dave
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