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From: u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de (Uwe Kleine-König)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: provide XIP_VIRT_ADDR for no-MMU builds
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:58:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111210215844.GX4585@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111210101122.GO14542@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

Hi Russell,

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:11:22AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:52:53AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 01:02:21AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 10:50:51PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K?nig <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> > > 
> > > Lack of changelog.  Say why this change is required.
> > Something like:
> > 
> > 	XIP_VIRT_ADDR is needed for XIP builds and currently only
> > 	defined for builds with CONFIG_MMU.
> > 
> > 	Also provide it for no-MMU builds to make it possible to build
> > 	an XIP kernel for MMU-less machines. As these lack an MMU it has
> > 	to be an identity mapping.
> 
> You seem to be saying from the above that this is required also for
> non-XIP kernel builds as well as XIP kernel builds.  That sounds wrong -
> XIP_VIRT_ADDR is only required for XIP kernel builds.  Use outside of
> that would be a bug.
> 
> Please clarify.
After rereading my changelog a few times I don't see where I suggest
that XIP_VIRT_ADDR is needed for non-XIP builds. Can you please be a bit
more concrete?

Thanks
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-K?nig            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |

      reply	other threads:[~2011-12-10 21:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-09 21:50 [PATCH] ARM: provide XIP_VIRT_ADDR for no-MMU builds Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-09 23:12 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-10  1:02 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-12-10  9:52   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-10 10:11     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-12-10 21:58       ` Uwe Kleine-König [this message]

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