From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 15:41:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] arm: Fix DEBUG_LL for multi-platform kernels (without PL01X) In-Reply-To: <1396610269-11580-1-git-send-email-daniel.thompson@linaro.org> References: <1396610269-11580-1-git-send-email-daniel.thompson@linaro.org> Message-ID: <20140404144108.GD7528@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 12:17:49PM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote: > When building a multi_v7_defconfig kernel it is not possible to configure > DEBUG_LL to use any serial device except a ARM Primecell PL01X, or more > accurately and worse, it is possible to configure a different serial > device but KConfig does not honour this request. > > The happens because the multi-platform mode may include ARCH_SPEAR13XX > and this forcibly engages DEBUG_UART_PL01X to provide some kind of > compatibility with single platform builds (SPEAr supports both single and > multi-platform). This in turn causes DEBUG_LL_INCLUDE to wedge at > debug/pl01x.S. > > Problem is fixed by only deploying the compatibility options for SPEAr > when ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM is not set. I think it's probably about time we killed the def_bool and just made this a plain 'bool'. The affected platforms should be using DEBUG_LL_UART_PL01X by now. -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: now at 9.7Mbps down 460kbps up... slowly improving, and getting towards what was expected from it.