From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@freescale.com>
Cc: "Woodhouse, David" <david.woodhouse@intel.com>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@pobox.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] arm: use built-in byte swap function
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:44:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130131064435.GB4926@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130130200900.9d7cf7908caeaef4ecee1d61@freescale.com>
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 08:09:00PM -0600, Kim Phillips wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 40e2b12..c8798b9 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ config ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> instructions should set this. And it shouldn't hurt to set it
> on architectures that don't have such instructions.
>
> +config ARCH_DEFINES_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> + depends on ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> + bool
> + help
> + ARCH selects this when it wants to control HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAPxx
This is what threw me off: if ARCH selects this, I don't think we want
to have a help text and the option be user visible? Normally such
options are only bool and are selected automatically by hm.. ARCH, as
you say above and do so below. :-)
> + definitions over those in the generic compiler headers. It
> + can be dependent on a combination of byte swapping instruction
> + availability, the instruction set version, and the state
> + of support in different compiler versions.
> +
> config HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS
> bool
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 73027aa..b5868c2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ config ARM
> select CLONE_BACKWARDS
> select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
> select OLD_SIGACTION
> + select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> + select ARCH_DEFINES_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> help
Thanks.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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From: bp@alien8.de (Borislav Petkov)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC] arm: use built-in byte swap function
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:44:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130131064435.GB4926@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130130200900.9d7cf7908caeaef4ecee1d61@freescale.com>
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 08:09:00PM -0600, Kim Phillips wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 40e2b12..c8798b9 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ config ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> instructions should set this. And it shouldn't hurt to set it
> on architectures that don't have such instructions.
>
> +config ARCH_DEFINES_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> + depends on ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> + bool
> + help
> + ARCH selects this when it wants to control HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAPxx
This is what threw me off: if ARCH selects this, I don't think we want
to have a help text and the option be user visible? Normally such
options are only bool and are selected automatically by hm.. ARCH, as
you say above and do so below. :-)
> + definitions over those in the generic compiler headers. It
> + can be dependent on a combination of byte swapping instruction
> + availability, the instruction set version, and the state
> + of support in different compiler versions.
> +
> config HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS
> bool
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 73027aa..b5868c2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ config ARM
> select CLONE_BACKWARDS
> select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
> select OLD_SIGACTION
> + select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> + select ARCH_DEFINES_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> help
Thanks.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
--
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-31 6:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 127+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-29 1:30 [RFC] arm: use built-in byte swap function Kim Phillips
2013-01-29 1:30 ` Kim Phillips
2013-01-29 8:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-29 8:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-29 16:46 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 16:46 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 17:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-29 17:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-29 17:55 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 17:55 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 18:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-29 18:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-30 10:22 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-30 10:22 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-31 2:09 ` Kim Phillips
2013-01-31 2:09 ` Kim Phillips
2013-01-31 6:44 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2013-01-31 6:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-31 9:28 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-31 9:28 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-31 20:59 ` Kim Phillips
2013-01-31 20:59 ` Kim Phillips
2013-01-31 21:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-31 21:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-31 22:11 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-31 22:11 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-01 0:37 ` [PATCH v4] " Kim Phillips
2013-02-01 0:37 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-01 10:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-01 10:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-01 1:17 ` [RFC] " Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-01 1:17 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-01 7:33 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-01 7:33 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-06 3:04 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-06 3:04 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-06 9:02 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-06 9:02 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-07 1:19 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-07 1:19 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-07 10:19 ` Will Newton
2013-02-07 10:19 ` Will Newton
2013-02-07 10:43 ` Catalin Marinas
2013-02-07 10:43 ` Catalin Marinas
2013-02-07 18:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-07 18:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-08 17:25 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-08 17:25 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-08 20:04 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-08 20:04 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-08 22:40 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-08 22:40 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-08 22:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-08 22:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-09 1:12 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-09 1:12 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-09 3:16 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-09 3:16 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 2:31 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-20 2:31 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-20 2:38 ` Stephen Boyd
2013-02-20 2:38 ` Stephen Boyd
2013-02-20 3:17 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 3:17 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 10:38 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-20 10:38 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-20 13:36 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 13:36 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 13:44 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-20 13:44 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-20 14:06 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 14:06 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 14:53 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-20 14:53 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-20 15:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-20 15:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 3:49 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-21 3:49 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-21 4:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 4:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 6:52 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-21 6:52 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-21 16:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 16:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-22 2:33 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-22 2:33 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-22 3:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-22 3:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-23 1:40 ` [PATCH v6] " Kim Phillips
2013-02-23 1:40 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-23 2:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-23 2:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-23 23:20 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-23 23:20 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-05-23 16:46 ` [PATCH v7] " Kim Phillips
2013-05-23 16:46 ` Kim Phillips
2013-05-23 20:09 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-05-23 20:09 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-05-23 23:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-05-23 23:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-06 22:12 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-06 22:12 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-06 22:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-06 22:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-07 0:03 ` Stephen Rothwell
2013-06-07 0:03 ` Stephen Rothwell
2013-05-26 5:38 ` Dirk Behme
2013-05-26 9:30 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-10-27 2:41 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-10-27 2:41 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-11-05 21:45 ` Kim Phillips
2013-11-05 21:45 ` Kim Phillips
2013-02-21 16:37 ` [RFC] " Woodhouse, David
2013-02-21 16:37 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-02-21 17:27 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 17:27 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-03-13 13:35 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-03-13 13:35 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 14:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-29 14:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-29 14:43 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 14:43 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 14:53 ` Rob Herring
2013-01-29 14:53 ` Rob Herring
2013-01-29 15:10 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-29 15:10 ` Woodhouse, David
2013-01-31 11:44 Woodhouse, David
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