[PATCH v2 2/2] ARM: uncompress debug support for multiplatform build

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Wed Feb 6 04:32:36 EST 2013


On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 04:01:33PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:45:20AM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > Instead of giving zero support of uncompress debug for multiplatform
> > build, the patch turns uncompress debug into one part of DEBUG_LL
> > support.  When DEBUG_LL is turned on for a particular platform,
> > uncompress debug works too for that platform.
> > 
> > It reuses the platform DEBUG_LL macros by creating a simple
> > arch/arm/boot/compressed/debug.S with CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_INCLUDE
> > included there, and implements a generic putc() using those macros.
> 
> Ok, I've applied this on the previso that _no one_ in future whinges if
> the debug infrastructure doesn't quite meet their expectation.  The
> debug infrastructure remains first and foremost that: a simple debug
> infrastructure suitable for use in the early assembly and the like.
> 
> That is its primary concern and trumps any requirements from consoles,
> early printk, decompressor output, and the like.

... and now I've dropped the two patches because it causes build failures
for all OMAP and PXA platforms.



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