Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Kconfig: remove BE-only platforms from LE kernel build
From: Boqun Feng <hidden>
Date: 2015-09-09 03:26:27
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From: Boqun Feng <hidden>
Date: 2015-09-09 03:26:27
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Hi Michael, On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 12:26:44PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
On Mon, 2015-09-07 at 07:58 +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:quoted
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/Kconfig index 2f23133..808a904 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/Kconfig@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ config PPC_CELL_NATIVE config PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE bool "IBM Cell Blade" - depends on PPC64 && PPC_BOOK3S + depends on PPC64 && PPC_BOOK3S && CPU_BIG_ENDIANWe end up saying this five times. We already have PPC_BOOK3S_64 which captures the first two conditions, should we add a PPC_BOOK3S_64_BE which expresses it all?
I'm not sure whether this is worth.. IMO, we add a config option only if 1. we can use this config somewhere in the code, for example, "#ifdef CONFIG_XXX" or 2. we want to offer a option for users to choose. PPC_BOOK3S_64_BE satisfies neither condition. Further more, CONFIG_PPC64, CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S and CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN all are used in some #ifdefs in current code. As a newbie of kernel, I'm happy to get some knowledge like: "If I'm hacking PS3, then #ifndef CONFIG_PPC64 is guaranteed to be false, so I can just ignore the code guarded by them". But if we add a PPC_BOOK3S_64_BE, it will take a little more effort to see this. Regards, Boqun