[PATCH v3 1/7] ARM: S5PV210: Add a Kconfig entry "S5PC110_EVT0_WORKAROUND"

Kukjin Kim kgene.kim at samsung.com
Mon Jul 19 03:59:01 EDT 2010


MyungJoo Ham wrote:
> 
> Early S5PC110 (EVT0) chip had some issues required workaround from a
> kernel. We can add such workaround codes with this Kconfig entry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham at samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park at samsung.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig |    7 +++++++
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
> index 631019a..18802e7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
> @@ -101,4 +101,11 @@ config MACH_SMDKC110
>  	  Machine support for Samsung SMDKC110
>  	  S5PC110(MCP) is one of package option of S5PV210
> 
> +config S5PC110_EVT0_WORKAROUND
> +	bool "S5PC110 Early Chip Workaround (EVT0)"
> +	help
> +	  Early S5PC110 (so called EVT0) has errata items that should be
> +	  addressed; otherwise the kernel may panic or be locked up. Enable
> +	  this option to execute workaround instructions.
> +
>  endif
> --

As I said earlier, EVT0 is not real chip and not for mass production.

Why do you submit the EVT0 patch which can only available for you?
It is better to not add code into mainline that is not going to be used.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Kgene.
--
Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim at samsung.com>, Senior Engineer,
SW Solution Development Team, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.




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