[PATCH 2/2] ARM: bcm2835_defconfig: Enable SMP support
Florian Fainelli
florian.fainelli at broadcom.com
Thu Oct 10 15:47:49 PDT 2024
On 7/9/24 12:33, J. Neuschäfer wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 05:54:25PM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
>> Hi Jonathan,
>>
>> Am 07.07.24 um 23:48 schrieb Jonathan Neuschäfer:
>>> Since there is only one Raspberry Pi related defconfig in the mainline
>>> kernel, it's useful to have to work well on all 32-bit Raspberry Pis.
>> this wasn't intention of bcm2835_defconfig. It's more focused on BCM2835
>> SOC and kernel-ci (both non-SMP). If you want to use the BCM2836 &
>> BCM2837 (incl. SMP), please use multi_v7_defconfig instead. Applying
>> this change would decrease the test coverage.
>
> Ah, fair enough.
It is fair that CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP is different from not enabling
CONFIG_SMP, but if we care to test CONFIG_SMP disabled, should not there
be a specific modification of multi_v7_defconfig or another
configuration specifically for that purpose?
--
Florian
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