[PATCH 1/2] arch: arm: Correct the dependency of HAVE_ARM_TWD

Anton Vorontsov cbouatmailru at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 05:10:14 EDT 2011


On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 01:59:23PM +0800, Tommy Lin wrote:
> Original mpcore_wdt config dependency is as follow:
> MPCORE_WATCHDOG -> HAVE_ARM_TWD -> SMP -> (CPU_V6K || CPU_V7)
> This patch will remove SMP and made the dependency as follow:
> MPCORE_WATCHDOG -> HAVE_ARM_TWD -> (CPU_V6K || CPU_V7)
> 
> The MPCore watchdog (and timer) can be found at ARM11 MPCore (CPU_V6K) and
> Cortex A9 MPCore (CPU_V7). The dependency between MPCORE_WATCHDOG and
> (CPU_V6K || CPUV7) is necessary, but the dependency of SMP is redundant.
> The MPCore watchdog should function normally even SMP is not turned on with
> ARM11 or Cortex A9 CPU.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tommy Lin <tommy.lin at caviumnetworks.com>
> ---

Russell,

As the patch is needed for CNS3xxx Watchdog support, I'd like to take
it via CNS3xxx tree, if you're OK with that.

Thanks!

-- 
Anton Vorontsov
Email: cbouatmailru at gmail.com



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