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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:12:08 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>
Cc:	david.daney@...ium.com, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lrosenboim@...iumnetworks.com,
	aleksey.makarov@...iga.com
Subject: Re: Enable little endian kernel: misspelled Kconfig item

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 08:57:20AM +0100, Valentin Rothberg wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> your commit 9861908f081f ("MIPS: OCTEON: Enable little endian kernel.")
> adds the following conditional select to arch/mips/Kconfig:
> 
> +       select SYS_SUPPORTS_HOTPLUG_CPU if CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> 
> The problem is the 'CONFIG_' prefix for 'CPU_BIG_ENDIAN'.  The item is
> always off since the prefix does not work as we are in a Kconfig file.
> Hence, the if-statement never evaluates to true.
> 
> It can be fixed by simply removing the 'CONFIG_' prefix.
> 
> I detected this commit with ./scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py.  Commit
> b1a3f243485f ("checkkconfigsymbols.py: make it Git aware") added support
> to check (and compare) undefined Kconfig symbols in Git commits.

I've folded in a fix for the issue.

  Ralf
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