linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:25:21 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        lisa.parratt@...tec.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader

Hello.

On 9/20/2016 11:47 AM, Matt Redfearn wrote:

> The MIPS remote processor driver (CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC) provides a more
> standard mechanism for using one or more VPs as coprocessors running
> separate firmware.
>
> Here we deprecate this mechanism before it is removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2: None
>
>  arch/mips/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> index 2094cbcea0d4..071fc4585265 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> @@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ comment "MIPS R2-to-R6 emulator is only available for UP kernels"
>  	depends on SMP && CPU_MIPSR6
>
>  config MIPS_VPE_LOADER
> -	bool "VPE loader support."
> +	bool "VPE loader support. (DEPRECATED)"

    I think the period should be after (DEPRECATED), if at all.

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MBR,Sergei