linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: brcmstb: Add appropriate ARM

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Message-ID: <81b4ed3d-404c-2dae-6a84-5a891560bafb@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:56:45 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@...il.com>,
        "maintainer:BROADCOM BCM7XXX ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: brcmstb: Add appropriate ARM_BE8() macros for
 swapping

On 08/29/2017 11:03 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Building a big-endian kernel for ARCH_BRCMSTB revealed that we would not
> be correctly polling for the right bit in the busyuart macro, turns out
> there are a few transformations needed to work with big-endian kernels.
> First we need to swap the value we read from SUN_TOP_CTRL to properly
> compare it against our local tables. Then, just like 8250.S we need to
> swap the value before storing it, and conversely swap it after a load.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied to soc/next.

-- 
Florian