linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/13] m68k: m68328: use legacy_timer

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Date:   Mon, 12 Oct 2020 22:33:34 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13] m68k: m68328: use legacy_timer_tick()

Hi Arnd,

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 5:31 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 3:15 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > Given this feature is SoC-specific, not platform-specific, perhaps
> > it makes sense to move the selects to the M68{,EZ,VZ}328 symbols?
> >
> > Regardless:
> > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>
> Ok, folded in the change blow, using one less line. I couldn't figure

Thanks, looks good.

> out whether
> it should just be part of the CONFIG_M68000 instead, which doesn't appear

It must definitely not be selected by CONFIG_M68000, as the plain MC68000
is a CPU, not an SoC, and does not have the timer.

> to have any machine support by itself. The dragonball CPU configuration
> looks really odd, because you have to build exactly one of M68{,EZ,VZ}328
> into the kernel to get a successful compilation, while Kconfig allows
> many other combinations.

While CONFIG_M68000 could be used for a "pure" MC68000-based machine,
I believe we don't support any yet.
M68{,EZ,VZ}328 select M68000 as they are SoCs containing a 68000
CPU core.
Other m68k SoCs have a CPU32 core, which is a simplified 68020 CPU core
(hmm, what happened to 68360 support? Oh, removed in 2016, so nothing
selects CPU32 anymore).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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