[PATCH] ARM: kernel: improve error message when LPAE config doesn't match CPU

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 01:20:18PM +0000, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Currently, when the kernel is configured with LPAE support, but the
> CPU doesn't support it, the error message is fairly cryptic:
> 
>   Error: unrecognized/unsupported processor variant (0x561f5811).
> 
> This messages is normally shown when there is an issue when comparing
> the processor ID (CP15 0, c0, c0) with the values/masks described in
> proc-v7.S. However, the same message is displayed when LPAE support is
> enabled in the kernel configuration, but not available in the CPU,
> after looking at ID_MMFR0 (CP15 0, c0, c1, 4). Having the same error
> message is highly misleading.
> 
> This commit improves this by showing a different error message when
> this situation occurs:
> 
>   Error: Kernel with LPAE support, but CPU does not support LPAE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>

Looks sensible enough to me:

  Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>

Will