Re: [PATCH] powerpc/85xx: do not force PHYS_64BIT on the P1022DS
From: Kumar Gala <hidden>
Date: 2011-11-24 07:12:54
From: Kumar Gala <hidden>
Date: 2011-11-24 07:12:54
On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:
Kconfig option PHYS_64BIT sets the size of phys_addr_t to 64 bits, =
which
allows support for a 36-bit physical address space. With this option, =
the
kernel can support more than 2GB of RAM, but the larger address size impacts performance slightly. =20 By including "select PHYS_64BIT" in the Kconfig for a particular =
board,
that option is forced enabled, and it becomes impossible to create a =
32-bit
kernel. Instead, we should depend on the defconfig to enable this =
option.
We still build a 36-bit kernel by default, and we also allow users to =
build
32-bit kernels if they really want. =20 Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <redacted> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/Kconfig | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
If you want me to apply this please also provided a 32-bit .dts for = p1022ds. This should be pretty trivial based on my recent .dts = cleanups. - k=