netdev - Re: [PATCH linux-next] hisax: disable build for big-endian arm

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Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:19:07 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle@...oste.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] hisax: disable build for big-endian arm

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
>>  config HISAX_TELESPCI
>>       bool "Teles PCI"
>> -     depends on PCI && (BROKEN || !(SPARC || PPC || PARISC || M68K || (MIPS && !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN) || FRV || (XTENSA && !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)))
>> +     depends on PCI && (BROKEN || !(SPARC || PPC || PARISC || M68K || (MIPS && !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN) || FRV || (XTENSA && !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN) || (ARM && !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)))
>
> Isn't it a bit better to exclude CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN globally?
>
>         depends on PCI && CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN && (BROKEN || !(SPARC || PPC || PARISC || M68K || MIPS || FRV || XTENSA || ARM))

CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN is not defined on all little endian platforms,
only on those that can support both big and little endian.

But I guess it wouldn't hurt to move CPU_{BIG,LITTLE}_ENDIAN to
a common Kconfig file.

> Or maybe just
>
>         depends on PCI && (X86 || BROKEN)
>
> (Alpha?  Can anyone test? :)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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