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From: Scott Wood <oss@buserror.net>
To: David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com>
Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org, paulus@samba.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: powerpc64: Enable CONFIG_E500 and CONFIG_PPC_E500MC for e5500/e6500
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 23:47:10 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1479188830.21746.31.camel@buserror.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <992d2bea-019a-3969-e154-10b9b43ab6fc@sysgo.com>

On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 11:00 +0200, David Engraf wrote:
> Am 27.09.2016 um 01:08 schrieb Scott Wood:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 10:48 +0200, David Engraf wrote:
> > > 
> > > Am 25.09.2016 um 08:20 schrieb Scott Wood:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 04:46:43PM +0200, David Engraf wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The PowerPC e5500/e6500 architecture is based on the e500mc core.
> > > > > Enable
> > > > > CONFIG_E500 and CONFIG_PPC_E500MC when e5500/e6500 is used.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This will also fix using CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500 on PPC64.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 6 ++++--
> > > > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> > > > > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> > > > > index f32edec..0382da7 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> > > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> > > > > @@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ config POWER8_CPU
> > > > > 
> > > > >  config E5500_CPU
> > > > >  	bool "Freescale e5500"
> > > > > -	depends on E500
> > > > > +	select E500
> > > > > +	select PPC_E500MC
> > > > > 
> > > > >  config E6500_CPU
> > > > >  	bool "Freescale e6500"
> > > > > -	depends on E500
> > > > > +	select E500
> > > > > +	select PPC_E500MC
> > > > These config symbols are for setting -mcpu.  Kernels built with
> > > > CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU should also work on e5500/e6500.
> > > I don't think so.
> > I do think so.  It's what you get when you run "make
> > corenet64_smp_defconfig"
> > and that kernel works on e5500/e6500.
> > 
> > > 
> > >  At least on QEMU it is not working because e5500/e6500
> > > is based on the e500mc core and the option CONFIG_PPC_E500MC also
> > > controls the cpu features (check cputable.h).
> > Again, this is only a problem when you have CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500 without
> > CONFIG_CORENET_GENERIC, and the fix for that is to have
> > CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500
> > select CONFIG_E500 (and you need to manually turn on CONFIG_PPC_E500MC if
> > applicable, since CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500 can also be used with e500v2).
> > 
> > I wouldn't be opposed to also adding "select PPC_E500MC if PPC64" to
> > CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500.
> Please find attached the new version, setting E500 and PPC_E500MC on 64 
> bit for review.

Could you send as a standalone patch (not an attachment) with changelog and
signoff so I can apply it?

-Scott

      reply	other threads:[~2016-11-15  5:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-22 14:46 [PATCH] powerpc64: Enable CONFIG_E500 and CONFIG_PPC_E500MC for e5500/e6500 David Engraf
2016-09-25  6:20 ` Scott Wood
2016-09-26  8:48   ` David Engraf
2016-09-26 23:08     ` Scott Wood
2016-10-07  9:00       ` David Engraf
2016-11-15  5:47         ` Scott Wood [this message]

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