[PATCH v4 REPOST 5/5] imx6q: Remove unconditional dependency on l2x0 L2 cache support

Richard Zhao richard.zhao at freescale.com
Wed Dec 14 20:02:20 EST 2011


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 03:01:19PM +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:05:04PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 09:26:24PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > Hi Dave,
> > > 
> > > Sorry for that I did not look into previous post to point it out.
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:39:41AM +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
> > > > The i.MX6 Quad SoC will work without the l2x0 L2 cache controller
> > > > support built into the kernel, so this patch removes the dependency
> > > > on CACHE_L2X0 and selects MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 instead.
> > > > 
> > > > This makes the l2x0 support optional, so that it can be turned off
> > > > when desired for debugging purposes etc.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks to Shawn Guo for this suggestion. [1]
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>
> > > > 
> > > > [1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2011-November/074602.html
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig |    2 +-
> > > >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
> > > > index 29a3d61..1fb93f2 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -609,13 +609,13 @@ comment "i.MX6 family:"
> > > >  config SOC_IMX6Q
> > > >  	bool "i.MX6 Quad support"
> > > >  	select ARM_GIC
> > > > -	select CACHE_L2X0
> > > >  	select CPU_V7
> > > >  	select HAVE_ARM_SCU
> > > >  	select HAVE_IMX_GPC
> > > >  	select HAVE_IMX_MMDC
> > > >  	select HAVE_IMX_SRC
> > > >  	select HAVE_SMP
> > > > +	select MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0
> > > 
> > > The option SOC_IMX6Q is only available when ARCH_IMX_V6_V7 is selected.
> > > Since MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 has been selected by ARCH_IMX_V6_V7 in
> > > patch #1, this line seems redundant here.
> > Would it be better keep this one and remove patch #1 one? imx5 doesn't have
> > l2x0.
> 
> Do you mean to remove MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 from ARCH_IMX_V6_V7, and select
> it only from SOC_IMX6Q?
Yes, I think it's more precise. Shawn?

Thansk
Richard
> 
> Cheers
> ---Dave
> 
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