linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] riscv: dts: Move BUILTIN_DTB

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Message-ID: <20240227-lifting-durable-484a2f1ddedc@wendy>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:07:15 +0000
From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
To: Yangyu Chen <cyy@...self.name>
CC: <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>, Paul Walmsley
	<paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou
	<aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] riscv: dts: Move BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE to common Kconfig

On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 04:05:07AM +0800, Yangyu Chen wrote:
> The BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE is only configured for K210 before. Since
> SOC_BUILTIN_DTB_DECLARE is removed at commit d5805af9fe9f ("riscv: Fix
> builtin DTB handling") from patch [1], the kernel cannot choose one of the
> dtbs from then on and always take the first one dtb to use. Then, another
> commit 0ddd7eaffa64 ("riscv: Fix BUILTIN_DTB for sifive and microchip soc")
> from patch [2] supports BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE for other SoCs. However, this
> feature will only work if the Kconfig we use links the dtb we expected in
> the first place as mentioned in the thread [3]. Thus, a config
> BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE is needed for all SoCs to choose one dtb to use.
> 
> For some considerations, this patch also removes default y if XIP_KERNEL
> for BUILTIN_DTB, as this requires setting a proper dtb to use on the
> BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE, else the kernel with XIP but does not set
> BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE or unselect BUILTIN_DTB will not boot.
> 
> Also, this patch removes the default dtb string for k210 from Kconfig to
> nommu_k210_defconfig and nommu_k210_sdcard_defconfig to avoid complex
> Kconfig settings for other SoCs in the future.
> 

> Changes since v1:
> - remove default y for BULTIN_DTB in any cases
> - remove default DTB_SOURCE for k210 and moved to its defconfig file
> - remove building dtb object file for other SoCs
> - reword help message to say N if unsure for BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE
> - reword commit message
> - v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/tencent_AB625442CC1BCFF86E04D7B5891C43719109@qq.com/

This section here (the changelog) should be below the --- line so that
it does not get into the commit history.

Otherwise
Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>

Cheers,
Conor.

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