From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader References: <1476193356-1350-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> <1476193356-1350-5-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> From: Hauke Mehrtens Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:09:37 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1476193356-1350-5-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Matt Redfearn , Ralf Baechle , Bjorn Andersson , Ohad Ben-Cohen , Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, lisa.parratt@imgtec.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, olaf.wachendorf@intel.com, hauke.mehrtens@intel.com List-ID: This interface is currently used by the Intel / Lantiq voice Firmware. This firmware is used by all Intel / Lantiq MIPS SoCs when they should support analog voice. What is the proposed timeline for the removal of this interface? Hauke On 10/11/2016 03:42 PM, Matt Redfearn wrote: > The MIPS remote processor driver (CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC) provides a more > standard mechanism for using one or more VPs as coprocessors running > separate firmware. > > Here we deprecate this mechanism before it is removed. > > Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn > --- > > Changes in v3: None > Changes in v2: None > > arch/mips/Kconfig | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig > index fd2468e71e63..3e767c373c7b 100644 > --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig > @@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ comment "MIPS R2-to-R6 emulator is only available for UP kernels" > depends on SMP && CPU_MIPSR6 > > config MIPS_VPE_LOADER > - bool "VPE loader support." > + bool "VPE loader support (DEPRECATED)" > depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING && MODULES > select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_VI > select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_EI > @@ -2273,6 +2273,9 @@ config MIPS_VPE_LOADER > Includes a loader for loading an elf relocatable object > onto another VPE and running it. > > + Unless you have a specific need, you should use CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC > + instead of this. > + > config MIPS_VPE_LOADER_CMP > bool > default "y" >