From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
Cc: alison.wang@nxp.com, angelo@kernel-space.org,
jserv@ccns.ncku.edu.tw, eleanor15x@gmail.com,
u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] m68k: Add support for M68040 CPU
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:20:26 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251222162026.GA847766@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aUbSHO5Z1w86MG1e@google.com>
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On Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at 12:43:08AM +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 01:00:32PM -0600, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 06:52:51PM +0000, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > > Add support for the Motorola 68040 architecture. Currently, m68k
> > > support in U-Boot is primarily focused on ColdFire (MCF5xxx) variants.
> > > Introduce the necessary infrastructure to support the classic M680x0
> > > series, specifically targeting the M68040 as emulated by QEMU.
> > >
> > > The implementation includes exception vectors, early startup code, and
> > > minimal CPU initialization and relocation stubs. It also defines the
> > > standard m68k boot information structure used for passing hardware
> > > information to the operating system. To ensure compatibility, ColdFire-
> > > specific library objects such as cache and interrupt handling are
> > > excluded from the build when M68040 is selected.
> > >
> > > Additionally, apply a specific workaround during the early memory
> > > reservation stage. Use a manual loop to clear global data instead of
> > > the standard memset() function, as utilizing memset() at this point was
> > > observed to cause a hang on the QEMU platform.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
> > [snip]
> > > diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> > > index 8ade6f7b9d1..a41c375f6be 100644
> > > --- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> > > @@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ config MCF5441x
> > > select DM_SERIAL
> > > bool
> > >
> > > +config M68040
> > > + bool
> > > +
> >
> > The file is unfortunately inconsistent about tabs vs spaces, but all the
> > new options should be tab-indent only, and no extra blank lines added.
>
> I'll fix this in v2.
>
> BTW, do you think it would be helpful to add a check in checkpatch.pl
> to warn about space indentation in Kconfig files?
I checked and the linux kernel has many space-not-tab in Kconfig files,
so it would be a change to add it to the U-Boot specific tests part of
checkpatch.pl, and a patch to do so would be welcome, thanks!
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Tom
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-22 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-18 18:52 [PATCH 0/3] m68k: Add support for QEMU virt machine Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-18 18:52 ` [PATCH 1/3] serial: Add Goldfish TTY driver Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-19 3:14 ` Yao Zi
2025-12-20 16:28 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-21 2:58 ` Yao Zi
2025-12-18 18:52 ` [PATCH 2/3] m68k: Add support for M68040 CPU Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-18 19:00 ` Tom Rini
2025-12-20 16:43 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-22 16:20 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2025-12-21 4:53 ` Daniel Palmer
2025-12-21 7:25 ` Angelo Dureghello
2025-12-22 9:21 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-18 18:52 ` [PATCH 3/3] board: Add QEMU m68k virt board support Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-18 19:04 ` Tom Rini
2025-12-20 16:48 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-21 4:37 ` Daniel Palmer
2025-12-22 9:03 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-18 19:00 ` [PATCH 0/3] m68k: Add support for QEMU virt machine Tom Rini
2025-12-20 16:39 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-21 4:15 ` Daniel Palmer
2025-12-22 8:44 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-22 9:20 ` Daniel Palmer
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