linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] arm64: add Armada 3700 architecture entry

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Message-ID: <87k2mm5itx.fsf@free-electrons.com>
Date:	Wed, 03 Feb 2016 08:55:22 +0100
From:	Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
Cc:	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	<arm@...nel.org>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	<linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] arm64: add Armada 3700 architecture entry

Hi Jisheng,
 
 On mer., févr. 03 2016, Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:07:41 +0100 Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>
>> The Armada 3700 is an mvebu ARM64 SoC using one or two Cortex-A53 cores
>> depending of the variant.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms | 6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
>> index 21074f674bde..7da341f7b90d 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
>> @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
>>  menu "Platform selection"
>>  
>> +config ARCH_ARMADA_3700
>
> Would it be better to use ARCH_MVEBU? IMHO, there will be more ARMv8 SoCs
> from our EBU, do we plan to add one CONFIG_ARMADA_yyzz for each SoC?

Not for each SoC but for each family, yes. As we did for the other mvebu
SoC families.

Gregory

>
>> +	bool "Armada 3700 SoC Family"
>> +	help
>> +	  This enables support for Armada 3700 SoC Family. It is is an
>> +	  ARMv8 based chipset belonging to the mvebu family.
>> +
>>  config ARCH_BCM_IPROC
>>  	bool "Broadcom iProc SoC Family"
>>  	help
>

-- 
Gregory Clement, Free Electrons
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