From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: Only compile OF_DYNAMIC on PowerPC pseries and iseries
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:13:02 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1329361982.3772.44.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1329240330-3539-1-git-send-email-grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 10:25 -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> Only two architectures use the OF node reference counting and reclaim bits.
> There is no need to compile it for the rest of the PowerPC platforms or for
> any of the other architectures. This patch makes iseries and pseries
> select CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC, and makes it default to off for everything else.
>
> It is still safe to turn on CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC on all architectures, it just
> isn't necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cheers,
Ben.
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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: Only compile OF_DYNAMIC on PowerPC pseries and iseries
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:13:02 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1329361982.3772.44.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1329240330-3539-1-git-send-email-grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 10:25 -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> Only two architectures use the OF node reference counting and reclaim bits.
> There is no need to compile it for the rest of the PowerPC platforms or for
> any of the other architectures. This patch makes iseries and pseries
> select CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC, and makes it default to off for everything else.
>
> It is still safe to turn on CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC on all architectures, it just
> isn't necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cheers,
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-16 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-14 17:25 [PATCH] of: Only compile OF_DYNAMIC on PowerPC pseries and iseries Grant Likely
2012-02-14 17:25 ` Grant Likely
2012-02-15 21:42 ` David Miller
2012-02-15 21:42 ` David Miller
2012-02-16 3:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2012-02-16 3:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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