linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: support big-endian for the virt architecture

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Message-ID: <CAHmME9rGgnNTd84-ywcNZfRx0a3dnqUaCMoSkKHYSUPN1jZiew@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 29 Sep 2018 04:52:30 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: support big-endian for the virt architecture

Hey Arnd,

On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 9:19 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> You can probably work around it by enabling ARCH_HIGHBANK,
> which is a minimal platform with no other requirements, so it
> should only add a few milliseconds to the build.

Nice hack, thanks for the suggestion. Committed here:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zx2c4/WireGuard.git/commit/?id=56ff2eb9480e6c691a5b8d8ff1fa01090df61e1d

> Another option would be to do the testing on top of linux-next,
> which should have your fix starting on Monday. Testing on
> linux-next carries a higher risk of running into unrelated
> regressions, but also lets you find out about conflicts with
> other patches early on.

I do actually test on linux-next (and tons of other kernels too), but
I like to have things working for at least the latest mainline.

Jason