[U-Boot] [RFC][PATCH] arm: rk: Drop SYS_MALLOC_F and SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE

[Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>]

On 06/10/2016 02:34 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Marek,

Hi!

> On 8 June 2016 at 07:18, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>> On 06/08/2016 06:44 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
>>> Hi Marek,
>>>
>>> On 7 June 2016 at 20:02, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>>>> On 06/08/2016 04:43 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>>> On 25 May 2016 at 05:26, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>>>>>> On 05/25/2016 05:29 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 24 May 2016 at 18:15, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Both SYS_MALLOC_F and SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE are generic config options,
>>>>>>>> drop them from the rockchip-specific Kconfig file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
>>>>>>>> Cc: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
>>>>>>>> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig | 6 ------
>>>>>>>>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
>>>>>>>> index d3bddb7..5f6046a 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
>>>>>>>> @@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ config ROCKCHIP_RK3036
>>>>>>>>           and video codec support. Peripherals include Gigabit Ethernet,
>>>>>>>>           USB2 host and OTG, SDIO, I2S, UART, SPI, I2C and PWMs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -config SYS_MALLOC_F
>>>>>>>> -       default y
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>> -config SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
>>>>>>>> -       default y
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>  config SPL_DM
>>>>>>>>         default y
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> 2.7.0
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Will these still be enabled some other way?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's why it's RFC, I believe the rockchip platforms would need to add
>>>>>> those to their defconfig, right ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, Rockchip boards cannot work without these, which is why they default to y.
>>>>
>>>> I understand that, but these Kconfig options are generic, so they
>>>> shouldn't be defined in the mach-rockchip/Kconfig file, but in some
>>>> generic Kconfig file and then selected by ARCH_ROCKCHIP symbol or in
>>>> some defconfig , right ?
>>>
>>> They are not being defined, just their default value is being set.
>>
>> Checking with git grep, they are defined in the top-level Kconfig.
>> I recall when I tried using those on mips, it complained about the
>> entries in mach-rockchip though. So why are the defaults selected
>> this way instead of using "select" in ARCH_ROCKCHIP symbol ? Isn't
>> that how it's usually done ?
> 
> That's odd, because these are inside an 'if ARCH_ROCKCHIP' clause. But
> I'm fine with moving to 'select' for these if that is better. It is
> unlikely anyone would want to disable these. But as it stands, your
> patch breaks things :-)

OK, I am not really sure about this patch and I have no real use for it,
so let's drop it for now.

-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut