linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: make ZONE

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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:44:47 +0000
From: Vladimir Kondratiev <Vladimir.Kondratiev@...ileye.com>
To: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: make ZONE_DMA32 optional

>I'm wondering how distro kernels will deal with that since some
>platforms will need the ZONE_DMA32 and some others will break when
>enabled as you have shown.

I agree platforms with no ZONE_DMA32 is non-portable,
to address this I will add dependency on NONPORTABLE and re-submit
shortly. Thanks for pointing that.

>Is there a way to make it optional at runtime instead?
Unfortunately no, or at least I see no way to do so

Thanks, Vladimir