Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: Add Broadcom iProc family support

[Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com>]

On 7/15/2015 2:53 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 07/15/2015 06:42 AM, Ray Jui wrote:
>> This patch adds support to Broadcom's iProc family of arm64 based SoCs
>> in the arm64 Kconfig and defconfig files
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Scott Branden <sbranden@broadcom.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/Kconfig           |    5 +++++
>>  arch/arm64/configs/defconfig |    2 ++
>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> index 318175f..969ef4a 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> @@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
>>  
>>  menu "Platform selection"
>>  
>> +config ARCH_BCM_IPROC
>> +	bool "Broadcom iProc SoC Family"
>> +	help
>> +	  This enables support for Broadcom iProc based SoCs
>> +
> 
> Is this working correctly if we have ARCH_BCM_IPROC under ARM and ARM64?
> They are guarding the same SoC line, which now uses ARM64 CPUS.
> 

Yes, since the "ARCH=" parameter from the compiler helps to route it to
the right directory, arch/arm or arch/arm64, and you cannot compile both
in a single image. Same case for other SoCs, e.g., tegra (ARCH_TEGRA),
exynos (ARCH_EXYNOS), and etc.

The benefit of sharing the same arch flag is that the device driver that
exists in iProc family of SoCs (both arm32 and arm64) can be guarded or
enabled properly.

Thanks,

Ray