From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Xia Kaixu <kaixu.xia@linaro.org>
Cc: arm@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] ARM: restrict CPU_BIG_ENDIAN configuration option
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:00:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141028140021.GD27405@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1414503095-25986-4-git-send-email-kaixu.xia@linaro.org>
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 09:31:33PM +0800, Xia Kaixu wrote:
> Some platforms don't work when CPU_BIG_ENDIAN is enabled.
> So It can get a dependency on !ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM_STRICT.
What if big endian wants to build a multiplatform kernel?
This doesn't look right to me. Instead, we should be arranging for
those which do not work in BE mode to depend on !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN.
Yes, it's a larger patch but IMHO is a much more correct solution.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-28 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-28 13:31 [PATCH v2 0/5] ARM: get a strict multiplatform kernel that can run on any hardware Xia Kaixu
2014-10-28 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] ARM: introduce a CONFIG_ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM_STRICT Kconfig option Xia Kaixu
2014-10-28 14:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-10-28 14:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-10-28 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] ARM: change the corresponding arm/mach defconfigs Xia Kaixu
2014-10-28 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] ARM: restrict CPU_BIG_ENDIAN configuration option Xia Kaixu
2014-10-28 14:00 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2014-10-28 14:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-10-28 14:53 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-10-28 16:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-10-28 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] ARM: allow errata and XIP options to be enabled without ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM_STRICT Xia Kaixu
2014-10-28 14:02 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-10-28 14:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-10-28 14:31 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-10-28 14:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-10-28 15:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-10-28 15:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-10-28 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] ARM: use early console instead of early debug in allmodconfig kernels Xia Kaixu
2014-10-28 14:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-10-28 14:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-10-28 14:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-10-28 15:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
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