From: cov@codeaurora.org (Christopher Covington)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/4] ARM64: Add Kconfig option to enable Big Endian kernel
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:09:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <525D84CF.4060705@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1381494135-15085-2-git-send-email-ankit.jindal@linaro.org>
Hi Ankit,
On 10/11/2013 08:22 AM, Ankit Jindal wrote:
> This patch adds Kconfig options and relevant Big Endian compiler flags.
[...]
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/mm/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e4122ac
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> + bool "Build big-endian kernel"
> + help
> + Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode.
> + Note that your board must be properly built [...]
What makes a board properly built and how can a user determine whether their
board is?
> + [...] and your board
> + port must properly enable any big-endian related features
> + of your chipset/board/processor.
What is a board port for arm64?
Thanks,
Christopher
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-15 18:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-11 12:22 [RFC PATCH 0/4] Big Endian support for ARM64 kernel Ankit Jindal
2013-10-11 12:22 ` [RFC PATCH 1/4] ARM64: Add Kconfig option to enable Big Endian kernel Ankit Jindal
2013-10-15 18:09 ` Christopher Covington [this message]
2013-10-16 6:49 ` Tushar Jagad
2013-10-16 14:30 ` Christopher Covington
2013-10-11 12:22 ` [RFC PATCH 2/4] ARM64: Include appropriate byteorder for Big Endian Ankit Jindal
2013-10-11 12:22 ` [RFC PATCH 3/4] ARM64: Big Endian fixes for kernel booting Ankit Jindal
2013-10-11 12:52 ` Ankit Jindal
2013-10-15 18:24 ` Christopher Covington
2013-10-16 7:04 ` Tushar Jagad
2013-10-11 12:22 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] ARM64: Support for 32-bit big endian userspace Ankit Jindal
2013-10-15 18:09 ` [RFC PATCH 0/4] Big Endian support for ARM64 kernel Christopher Covington
2013-10-16 8:05 ` Tushar Jagad
2013-10-16 14:40 ` Christopher Covington
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