From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 580D9C982DE for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:24:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=VcL3GAkRKxieHVQbXg+KXKMiPhwn+/h/T17lmePKN9U=; b=3F/XASHBWmpsZ5XOc85W0Le3qc iR1VHs3EQNvuy9upfHa6tzHvW8KqA4n5htZOAc+wK2vbTDc8IlD62dRVjZ2uUnj7CFRd8SRMUfOdF es3vGrb/DORbE2MzhBIglDU8SVGWAzQFfkKQqVOVffPyrJ430jbgVW3jlXyE+QK+PlKhzezvjDMXd 0g6zyhhfKQYWSxvted/0L11bfJGy2tIb2HlevjJedJcqv/Ca9q60X0sFOZIyOnDYi6qt4OHYVNyGZ 5VBlKAWTN/a8efhLOh26T5MJ5jZLTsX1ULEwEq1yYXGGD3aL956wGdvUI8X0vJZHZXAUS9q5yBSKN B8n6xhiQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1x8bCX-00000001gJ7-1NWN; Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:24:45 +0000 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1x8bCU-00000001gIh-47uQ for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:24:44 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C3219F0; Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:24:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arm.com (usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com [172.31.20.19]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A9DBA3F86C; Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:24:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=arm.com; s=foss; t=1789986281; bh=FhXjGblU154b3/iGKZgOvko5HqBskKdnpkd2ss6SKBw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=PP+b/+BlFbviOChQuugyXCOT9qITsdQW628WzZJIkn8J7eQr7Z+d1r95L0xVfD1Bw LcS4DgVewJ0NUeNGAUniVn8IKG3xT5vqPtwMy+NzOibblC1J6uR0epCNTp6uIzItWt r7SQsbQCnIGDsMgAECycXtGKxHqhnlHZ7LsRHu2s= Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:24:36 +0100 From: Catalin Marinas To: Will Deacon Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , Ard Biesheuvel , Eric Biggers , Daniel Borkmann , Alexei Starovoitov , Oliver Upton , Herbert Xu , Marc Zyngier Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 12/13] arm64: Kbuild: Remove vestigial big-endian support Message-ID: References: <20260918145217.1669-1-will@kernel.org> <20260918145217.1669-13-will@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260918145217.1669-13-will@kernel.org> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260921_032443_082830_5E4957DC X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 13.41 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 03:52:14PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > -choice > - prompt "Endianness" > - default CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN > - help > - Select the endianness of data accesses performed by the CPU. Userspace > - applications will need to be compiled and linked for the endianness > - that is selected here. > - > -config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN > - bool "Build big-endian kernel" > - depends on BROKEN > - help > - Say Y if you plan on running a kernel with a big-endian userspace. > - > -config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN > - bool "Build little-endian kernel" > - help > - Say Y if you plan on running a kernel with a little-endian userspace. > - This is usually the case for distributions targeting arm64. Running the checks through an LLM found that CONFIG_GVE depends on X86 || CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN, so it won't be enabled anymore. I think that's the only positive test of CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN. -- Catalin