linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] MIPS: Allow kernel base to be set from Kconfig for all platforms

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Message-Id: <20231023191400.170052-6-jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:14:00 +0100
From:   Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
To:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tsbogend@...ha.franken.de,
        gregory.clement@...tlin.com, vladimir.kondratiev@...el.com,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] MIPS: Allow kernel base to be set from Kconfig for all platforms

There are some platforms in wild that generic loading address won't
work with them due to memory layout.

Allow PHYSICAL_START to be override from Kconfig, introduce
PHYSICAL_START_BOOL symbol as powerpc did.

Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
---
 arch/mips/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index bc8421859006..bfedc8b48a81 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2884,12 +2884,22 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC
 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_DUMP
 	def_bool y
 
+config PHYSICAL_START_BOOL
+	bool "Set physical address where the kernel is loaded"
+	default y if CRASH_DUMP
+	help
+	  This gives the CKSEG0, KSEG0 or XKPHYS address where the kernel
+	  is loaded.
+
+	  Say N here unless you know what you are doing.
+
 config PHYSICAL_START
-	hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded"
-	default "0xffffffff84000000"
-	depends on CRASH_DUMP
+	hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if PHYSICAL_START_BOOL
+	default "0xffffffff84000000" if CRASH_DUMP
+	default "0xffffffff80100000"
 	help
-	  This gives the CKSEG0 or KSEG0 address where the kernel is loaded.
+	  This gives the CKSEG0, KSEG0 or XKPHYS address where the kernel
+	  is loaded.
 	  If you plan to use kernel for capturing the crash dump change
 	  this value to start of the reserved region (the "X" value as
 	  specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter
-- 
2.34.1