netdev - Re: [PATCH] isdn: disable HiSax NetJet driver on microblaze arch

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:27:33 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:	Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, isdn@...ux-pingi.de,
	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isdn: disable HiSax NetJet driver on microblaze arch

Le Sunday 21 June 2015 à 19:59 +0200, Nicolai Stange a écrit :
> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:
> >> Note that endianess on microblaze is not determined through Kconfig,
> >> but by means of a compiler provided CPP macro, namely __MICROBLAZEEL__.
> >> However, gcc defaults to big endianess on that platform.
> > Applied, but we're long overdue for an across-the-board-available
> > endianness Kconfig option that can flat out be used in these situations.
> > The current way this is handled is at best, a mess.

I fully agree.

> Thanks!
> 
> Regarding the general Kconfig endianess symbol, I will do another patch
> based on the information of
>   git grep '_endian\.h' -- arch/
> and supply every arch with either of CONFIG_CPU_{LITTLE,BIG}_ENDIAN if
> lacking.

Note that Chen Gang (Cc'd) attempted the same almost a year ago:
http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/7540/
then:
http://marc.info/?t=140958656400002&r=1&w=2

The idea was great IMHO but it did not work out, and I can't remember
why.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support

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