Re: [PATCH] Centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2012-11-13 10:32:42
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Stephen Rothwell [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 366ec06..9bc00e7 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION bool +config ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS + bool + help + An architecture should select this if it cannot (or will not) + implement virt_to_bus(). All new architectures should probably + select this.
Don't we typically put the burden of selecting Kconfig flags for deprecated
features on the existing architectures that provide the deprecated features?
I.e. shouldn't it be ARCH_HAS_VIRT_TO_BUS, selected by the architectures
that need it, instead?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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