linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] ARM: add CONFIG_PHYS

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Message-ID: <38246773.SnToSslHuj@wuerfel>
Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:23:44 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Jon Medhurst <tixy@...aro.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] ARM: add CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET default values

On Friday 19 February 2016 11:10:22 Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 18 February 2016 11:02:33 Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to provide a default for defaults?
...
> > and then select one of the bool symbols from each platform.
> > Would that address your question?
> 
> Yes, but the ugliness factor isn't worth it IMHO.
> 
> I was wondering if something like this was possible:
> 
> config PHYS_OFFSET
>         hex "Physical address of main memory" if MMU
>         default DRAM_BASE if !MMU
>         default 0x10000000 if FOO
>         default 0x20000000 if BAR
>         default 0x30000000 if BAZ
>         default 0x00000000
> 

Ah, that was my previous approach, but Russell didn't like
how it makes it easier to fall back to an incorrect address
instead of forcing a build error when the address is not
configured.

	Arnd