linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: errata 430973: move !ARCH

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jul 2015 02:16:06 +0200
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: errata 430973: move !ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM to
 Kconfig

Hi Russel,

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 01:35:53PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 02:48:03AM +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> > Having the !ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM dependency in the Kconfig file results
> > in one option less to think about when configuring the kernel.
> 
> > -#if defined(CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973) && !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM)
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973
> >  	teq	r3, #0x00100000			@ only present in r1p*
> >  	mrceq	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 1		@ read aux control register
> >  	orreq	r0, r0, #(1 << 6)		@ set IBE to 1
> 
> NAK.  Please read the mailing list history, I'm not repeating myself
> again on this.  Thanks.

It's a bit hard to search the mailing list history without a bit
more information.

I guess you prefer to just add the !ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM dependency to
the Kconfig entry without removing the additional check in the code?

-- Sebastian

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