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From: slash.tmp@free•fr (Mason)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: Steps to submit a new arch/arm port
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:35:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56054DA8.4050903@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2210529.vnGEGUl8Dr@wuerfel>

On 25/09/2015 15:17, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 25 September 2015 15:06:32 Mason wrote:
>> On 22/09/2015 16:51, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>
>>> Move this to the platform Kconfig file. Also, drop all the
>>> 'select' statements that are implied by ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
>>> and ARCH_MULTI_V7
>>
>> I've trimmed my platform Kconfig down to:
>>
>> config ARCH_TANGO4
>>         bool "Sigma Designs Tango4 (SMP87xx)"
>>         default y
> 
> drop the default
> 
> add
> 	depends on CPU_MULTI_V7

I've done this higher up.

menuconfig ARCH_TANGOX
	bool "Sigma Designs Tango" if ARCH_MULTI_V7
	help
	  something useful

if ARCH_TANGOX
config ARCH_TANGO4
...
endif

So 'default y' enables ARCH_TANGO4 only if ARCH_TANGOX is selected,
right?

>>         select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
>>         select ARM_ERRATA_754322
>>         select ARM_ERRATA_764369
> 
> 	add 'if SMP'
> 
>>         select ARM_GIC
>>         select CACHE_L2X0
> 
> remove CACHE_L2X0, we want to be able to turn this off.

Some people run with L2 disabled? That's a strange thing to do.

>>         select CLKSRC_MMIO
>>         select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
>>         select HAVE_ARM_SCU
>>         select HAVE_ARM_TWD
> 
> 	'if SMP'
> 
>>         select NEON
>>         select SMP
> 
> These should be user-selectable as well, so drop the 'select'
> and make sure the kernel builds with them turned off.

It will build, but it won't run! My port uses the TWD for clockevents,
and smp_twd.c is only compiled if HAVE_ARM_TWD. So I must set SMP.

>> Didn't find much documentation on ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL.
>> What is it used for?
> 
> You need this if the RAM is not physically contiguous, e.g. 256MB at one
> address and another 256MB somewhere else.
> 
>> Is it OK to select CACHE_L2X0, NEON, and SMP?
> 
> no

Then I have a major problem... my port requires SMP.

Regards.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-25 13:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-21 15:00 Steps to submit a new arch/arm port Mason
2015-09-21 15:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-22 14:36   ` Mason
2015-09-22 14:51     ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-22 14:56       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-22 15:54       ` Mason
2015-09-22 16:29         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-23  8:49           ` Mason
2015-09-23  9:13             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-23  9:21               ` Mason
2015-09-23  9:26                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-22 19:15         ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-23  9:26           ` Mason
2015-09-23  9:34             ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-25 13:06       ` Mason
2015-09-25 13:17         ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-25 13:35           ` Mason [this message]
2015-09-25 14:11             ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-25 15:28               ` Mason
2015-09-25 15:33                 ` Mason
2015-09-25 15:49                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-25 15:52                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-25 16:09                   ` Mason
2015-09-25 17:20                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-28 13:48       ` Mason
2015-09-28 14:43         ` Måns Rullgård
2015-09-28 16:32         ` Mason
2015-09-28 17:29           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-22 15:48     ` Måns Rullgård
2015-09-25  9:27   ` Mason
2015-09-25  9:46     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2015-09-25 11:56     ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-25 12:06     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-21 15:51 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-09-21 16:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-22 16:08   ` Mason
2015-09-22 16:24     ` Russell King - ARM Linux

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