[PATCH 6/6] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader
From: Matt Redfearn <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-02 10:00:37
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Subsystem:
mips, the rest · Maintainers:
Thomas Bogendoerfer, Linus Torvalds
The MIPS remote processor driver (CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC) provides a more standard mechanism for using one or more VPs as coprocessors running separate firmware. Here we deprecate this mechanism before it is removed. Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <redacted> --- arch/mips/Kconfig | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 2094cbcea0d4..071fc4585265 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ comment "MIPS R2-to-R6 emulator is only available for UP kernels" depends on SMP && CPU_MIPSR6 config MIPS_VPE_LOADER - bool "VPE loader support." + bool "VPE loader support. (DEPRECATED)" depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING && MODULES select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_VI select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_EI
@@ -2272,6 +2272,9 @@ config MIPS_VPE_LOADER Includes a loader for loading an elf relocatable object onto another VPE and running it. + Unless you have a specific need, you should use CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC + instead of this. + config MIPS_VPE_LOADER_CMP bool default "y"
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2.7.4