Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc/kconfig: Move cpu options after platform options

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 08/10/15 23:09, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> In general platforms are a more important configuration decision than
> cpus, so the platforms should come first.
> 
> My basis for saying that is that our cpu selection options are generally
> just about tuning for a cpu, rather than enabling/disabling support for
> a cpu. On the other hand disabling a platform means you can't boot on
> those machines, and any associated cpu options should vanish.
> 
> With this applied the start of menuconfig looks like:
> 
>      [*] 64-bit kernel
>          Endianness selection (Build little endian kernel)
>          General setup
>      [*] Enable loadable module support
>      -*- Enable the block layer
>          Platform support
>          Processor support
>          Kernel options
>          Bus options
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index ea9377259f15..0f8c51279147 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
>  
>  endchoice
>  
> -source "arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype"
> -
>  config PPC32
>  	bool
>  	default y if !PPC64
> @@ -339,6 +337,7 @@ source "init/Kconfig"
>  source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
>  
>  source "arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig"
> +source "arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype"
>  
>  menu "Kernel options"
>  

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>