[RFC PATCH 2/3] arm64: Add support for asymmetric AArch32 EL0 configurations

Qais Yousef qais.yousef at arm.com
Mon Oct 12 06:22:24 EDT 2020


On 10/08/20 11:22, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 10/8/20 11:16 AM, Qais Yousef wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> > index 6d232837cbee..591853504dc4 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> > @@ -1868,6 +1868,20 @@ config DMI
> >  
> >  endmenu
> >  
> > +config ASYMMETRIC_AARCH32
> > +	bool "Allow support for asymmetric AArch32 support"
> 
> Please drop one "support" or reword the prompt string.

Thanks Randy. It now reads

	"Allow support for asymmetric AArch32 systems"

Cheers

--
Qais Yousef

> 
> > +	depends on COMPAT && EXPERT
> > +	help
> > +	  Enable this option to allow support for asymmetric AArch32 EL0
> > +	  CPU configurations. Once the AArch32 EL0 support is detected
> > +	  on a CPU, the feature is made available to user space to allow
> > +	  the execution of 32-bit (compat) applications. If the affinity
> > +	  of the 32-bit application contains a non-AArch32 capable CPU
> > +	  or the last AArch32 capable CPU is offlined, the application
> > +	  will be killed.
> > +
> > +	  If unsure say N.
> 
> 
> -- 
> ~Randy
> 



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