[PATCH 1/2] ARM: build ssi-fiq.S in ARM mode to prevent CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL build breakage

Matt Sealey matt at genesi-usa.com
Thu Aug 9 12:05:47 EDT 2012


On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 09:32:59AM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
>> Matt Sealey <matt at genesi-usa.com>
>> Product Development Analyst, Genesi USA, Inc.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 12:32:39PM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> >> I'm going to do a trapse through and find where Russell nacked Dave's
>> >> thumb-aware
>> >> rewrite.. would you mind if you have any of these boards seeing if it
>> >> really DOES
>> >
>> > There was no NAK because I didn't get as far as posting the patch,
>>
>> http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/lurker/message/20111202.133911.393b6e28.en.html
>>
>> You did, twice :)
>
> Well, I meant that I had not posted it as a stand-alone patch for
> inclusion; I only posted it when commenting on other threads.
>
>> > mostly because of the doubt about whether this code is ever relevant
>> > on Thumb2-capable hardware.
>>
>> It's not, but it does break the build, and without disabling phyCORE boards for
>> Thumb2 it will always break the build..
>
> If you want me to push it, let me know.  I don't think this should get
> merged without some Tested-bys for hardware where the FIQ stuff actually
> gets used.

Please, then all the Tested-by's should flood in, right? :)

> The older post would be the one to use, since that at least got a
> reasonable level of build testing.

-- 
Matt Sealey <matt at genesi-usa.com>
Product Development Analyst, Genesi USA, Inc.



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