linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 12/22] MIPS: Get rid of CONFIG_NO_EXCEPT

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Message-ID: <bdce5a4b-6173-e1cf-e2a6-be4f51330f61@omp.ru>
Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2023 20:02:52 +0300
From:   Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To:     Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@...ileye.com>,
        Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/22] MIPS: Get rid of CONFIG_NO_EXCEPT_FILL

On 12/8/23 7:12 PM, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:

> From: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
> 
> NO_EXCEPT_FILL is used to indicate platform that does not
> need to reserve ebase memory at start of kernel.
> 
> This is true for all R2+ platform as they allocate ebase
> memory on fly, and also true for any platform that does

  On the fly?

> not load kernel at start of physical memory.
>   Using
> Get rid this Kconfig symbol by use macro to detect conditions

   Using.

> above.
> 
> gc: use KSEG0 only for 32 bit configuration
> Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergey