linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/12] ARM: ep93xx: use ARM_PATCH_PHYS

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdYRYysAum99m55HKm-9SEH6Up=a7PnvQxkYAKfACPQ=Hg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 14:29:52 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
        Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] ARM: ep93xx: use ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> Just like ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM, we want to use ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
> when possible, but that fails for NOMMU or XIP_KERNEL configurations.
> Using 'imply' instead of 'select' gets this right and only uses
> the symbol when we don't have to hardcode the address anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

I assume you will apply this directly to ARM SoC.

Yours,
Linus Walleij