linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: Push selects for TWD/SCU into machine entries

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Message-ID: <506DE1F4.9090309@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:22:28 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
CC:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shiraz Hashim <shiraz.hashim@...com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.linux@...il.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Push selects for TWD/SCU into machine entries

On 10/04/12 06:05, Rob Herring wrote:
> On 10/04/2012 03:50 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> The TWD and SCU configs are selected by default as long as
>> SCORPIONMP is false and/or MCT is false. Implementing the logic
>> this way certainly saves lines in the Kconfig but it precludes
>> those machines which select SCORPIONMP or MCT from participating
>> in the single zImage effort because when those machines are
>> combined with other SMP capable machines the TWD and SCU are no
>> longer selected.
>>
>> Push the select out to the machine entries so that we can compile
>> these machines together and still select the appropriate configs.
> I think this is the wrong direction as I'd like to see the platform
> selects shrink. I believe the local timers are run-time enabled now, so
> can't we just drop the condition and always select TWD and SCU for
> multi-platform?

That sounds fine for multi-platform but it penalizes the "optimized"
images made for a particular device that doesn't want any extra code
than is necessary. Isn't this why we have the Kconfig language?

>
> Or perhaps we need a CortexA9 config symbol that selects V7, GIC, TWD,
> SCU, SMP, PL310, errata, etc. rather than duplicating those for every
> platform.
>
>

This sounds like a good consolidation of lines that can be done in
parallel to this patch. Care to send a patch on top?

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