[RFC v2 PATCH 23/23] ARM: Allow ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM to be selected for NOMMU
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From: linux@armlinux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
Date: 2016-11-29 17:22:35
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 12:40:05PM +0000, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
With this patch applied potentially any platform can be built in NOMMU configurations if CONFIG_EXPERT is selected. However, there is no guaranty that platform can successfully run such Image. So the main
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motivation behind of this patch: - bring build coverage for NOMMU configurations - allow known working NOMMU platforms (like R-class) to be used - pave a way to add support for single address space (aka 1:1 mapping) for MMU platforms, so they can be usable in NOMMU configurations Cc: Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Cc: Ryan Mallon <redacted> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Cc: Thierry Reding <redacted> Cc: Alexander Shiyan <redacted> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org> Cc: Sascha Hauer <kernel@pengutronix.de> Cc: Fabio Estevam <redacted> Cc: Linus Walleij <redacted> Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <redacted> --- arch/arm/Kconfig | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index e78c822..bc6f406 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ choice config ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM bool "Allow multiple platforms to be selected" - depends on MMU + depends on MMU || EXPERT select ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN - select ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT + select ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT if MMU select AUTO_ZRELADDR select CLKSRC_OF select COMMON_CLK@@ -339,6 +339,23 @@ config ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM select PCI_DOMAINS if PCI select SPARSE_IRQ select USE_OF + help + Please, read carefully if you've selected CONFIG_MMU=n! + + Multiplatform with !MMU configuration *is not* meant that + kernel built to support every platform will boot on them. It + is because physical address space layouts (particularly where + RAM is located) are different between platforms and there is + no MMU to work that around. + + You must specify where RAM start (via DRAM_BASE config + option) and appropriate size of RAM (via DRAM_SIZE config + option) which are valid for the platform you are building + for. + + This feature is *EXPERIMENTAL*, please, consider building + with CONFIG_MMU=y unless you know what you do or want to + help with testing.
Do you actually see this help text anywhere? I don't think multiple-choice options show help for individual choices. -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.