[PATCH v2 02/12] ARM: append ARCH_MULTI_V7_LPAE

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 08 April 2014 16:00:42 Haojian Zhuang wrote:
> Add new ARCH_MULTI_V7_LPAE config. It will select ARM_LPAE only both
> ARCH_MULTI_V6 & ARCH_MULTI_V7 is disabled.
> 
> ARCH_MULTI_V7 means non-LPAE platform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang at linaro.org>

I think it's good to have this option, but it should be added more carefully.

>  arch/arm/Kconfig | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 5248923..a8b2b45 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -918,12 +918,19 @@ config ARCH_MULTI_V6
>  	select CPU_V6K
>  
>  config ARCH_MULTI_V7
> -	bool "ARMv7 based platforms (Cortex-A, PJ4, Scorpion, Krait)"
> +	bool "ARMv7 non-LPAE based platforms (Cortex-A, PJ4, Scorpion, Krait)"
>  	default y
>  	select ARCH_MULTI_V6_V7
>  	select CPU_V7
>  	select HAVE_SMP
>  
> +config ARCH_MULTI_V7_LPAE
> +	bool "ARMv7 LPAE based platforms (HIP04)"
> +	select ARCH_MULTI_V6_V7
> +	select CPU_V7
> +	select HAVE_SMP
> +	select ARM_LPAE if !(ARCH_MULTI_V6 || ARCH_MULTI_V7)
> +
>  config ARCH_MULTI_V6_V7
>  	bool
>  	select MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0

Two points here:

a) The other options all list the CPU types (Cortex-A, PJ4, ...),
   while the one you introduce lists the platform name. I think they
   should all list the CPU cores, like

  bool "ARMv7 non-LPAE based platforms (Cortex-A5/A8/A9, PJ4, Scorpion)"

  bool "ARMv7 non-LPAE based platforms (Cortex-A7/A12/A15/A17, Brahma-B15, PJ4B, Krait)"
  (I'm not completely sure about Krait, need to check that).

b) When you introduce this, please change the other platforms over to use
the symbol correctly. We already have a number of platforms based on A7, A15,
PJ4B and Krait.

	Arnd