linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] MIPS: Octeon: Add Free Pointer Unit (FPA) support.

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Message-ID: <20171102131425.GO15235@jhogan-linux>
Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2017 13:14:25 +0000
From:   James Hogan <james.hogan@...s.com>
To:     David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
CC:     <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>, <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Rob Herring" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Steven J. Hill" <steven.hill@...ium.com>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Carlos Munoz <cmunoz@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] MIPS: Octeon: Add Free Pointer Unit (FPA) support.

On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 05:36:03PM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
> index 5c0b56203bae..211ef5b57214 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
> @@ -86,4 +86,14 @@ config OCTEON_ILM
>  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.  The module
>  	  will be called octeon-ilm
>  
> +config OCTEON_FPA3
> +	tristate "Octeon III fpa driver"
> +	default "n"

n is the default default so I think this line is redundant.

> +	depends on CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
> +	help
> +	  This option enables a Octeon III driver for the Free Pool Unit (FPA).
> +	  The FPA is a hardware unit that manages pools of pointers to free
> +	  L2/DRAM memory. This driver provides an interface to reserve,
> +	  initialize, and fill fpa pools.
> +
>  endif # CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC

Cheers
James