Re: [PATCH 02/15] ARM: mvebu: build coherency_ll.S for arch=armv7-a

Tony Lindgren
2013-01-21T19:03:11Z

* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> [130121 09:23]:
> In a multiplatform kernel, one can enable mach-mvebu
> together with one or more ARMv6 platforms, which leads
> to all files being built for v6. The coherency_ll.S
> uses the "dsb" instruction that is only available for
> v7, causing a build error in this case. Since the
> file is only used on v7 based machines, it is safe
> to build it using an ".arch armv7-a" statement.
>
> Without this patch, building allyesconfig results in:
>
> arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S: Assembler messages:
> arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S:45: Error: selected processor does not support ARM mode `dsb'

This should be already fixed by 72533b (arm: mvebu: Fix compile for
multiplatform when ARMv6 is selected) in arm-soc fixes branch.

Regards,

Tony

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> Cc: Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
> index 53e8391..7648bda 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> * r0: Coherency fabric base register address
> * r1: HW CPU id
> */
> + .arch armv7-a
> ENTRY(ll_set_cpu_coherent)
> /* Create bit by cpu index */
> mov r3, #(1 << 24)
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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