[RFC PATCH] ARM: mm: ADD descriptor string to CONFIG_DMA_ADDR_64BIT_T

Shilimkar, Santosh santosh.shilimkar at ti.com
Wed Sep 12 08:57:26 EDT 2012


On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Cyril Chemparathy <cyril at ti.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/12/2012 1:50 AM, R Sricharan wrote:
>>
>> Even if CONFIG_DMA_ADDR_64BIT_T is enabled by the defconfig,
>> the feature is not getting selected.
>> Adding a string description in the Kconfig resolves this.
>>
>> But not sure if this is the right way to fix this.
>>
>
> Shouldn't you be selecting this in your 64-bit dma address capable arch
> instead?
>
Yes. The selection to enable  CONFIG_DMA_ADDR_64BIT_T happens
in the arch which needs it. Since this option was made as simple bool,
looks like because of some KCONFIG magic, it was not getting selected.
Adding some help text does fix the issue and thats is the patch all about.

Regards
Santosh



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