[PATCH v2 4/4] ARM: vexpress: DT-based support for CoreTiles Express A5x2 and A9x4

Pawel Moll pawel.moll at arm.com
Mon Nov 28 12:00:02 EST 2011


On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 16:29 +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
> > +config ARCH_VEXPRESS_V2P_CA5S_CA9
> > +	bool "CoreTile Express A5x2 and A9x4 based platform support"
> > +	select ARCH_VEXPRESS_RS1
> > +	select ARCH_VEXPRESS_DT
> 
> Shouldn't we depend on CPU_V7, ARM_GIC and CACHE_PL310 here?  I get a lot of
> moaning from Kconfig about unmet dependencies.  I think the coretiles do have
> a CPU etc. on them... 

CPU_V7 and ARM_GIC - definitely, thanks for spotting that.

CACHE_PL310 - I don't think so, as it's just a special case of
CACHE_L2X0, which is optional. The tile works fine with the L2 cache
disabled.

> > +	select ARM_ERRATA_720789
> > +	select ARM_ERRATA_751472
> 
> The workarounds for these errata both erroneously depend on CONFIG_SMP; however,
> I don't think that's a bug in these patches -- selecting those options here
> feels correct.

Yes, I've just mirrored what the ARCH_VEXPRESS_CA9X4 selects.

> > +	select ARM_ERRATA_753970
> 
> Will has a patch, now in Russell's fixes branch, which renames this to
> PL310_ERRATA_753970 for compatibility with other people's patches. 
> This erratum workaround depends on CACHE_PL310, but since the PL310 is
> a property of the CoreTile which must be configured in, that dependency
> seems reasonable.

As the PL310 is optional I think I'll just do:

        select PL310_ERRATA_753970 if CACHE_PL310

Cheers!

Pawel





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