[RFC PATCH 11/11] ARM: Allow ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM to be selected for NOMMU

Vladimir Murzin vladimir.murzin at arm.com
Fri Nov 25 03:20:28 PST 2016


On 24/11/16 18:45, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> It's this reason that I don't like removing the "depends on MMU" from
> multiplatform - it gives the incorrect impression that we _can_ support
> a wide range of systems, but what it will lead to is a kernel that will
> work on some platforms but not others.  The result will be more "bug"
> reports because the kernel fails to boot...

Do you think extra guarding with CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL would be appropriate to
reduce number of such reports?

Cheers
Vladimir



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