Re: [PATCH] powerpc/32: Move the old 6xx -mcpu logic before the TARGET_CPU logic

[Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>]

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 10:28 PM Christophe LEROY
<christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> wrote:
>
>
>
> Le 04/12/2018 à 21:53, Mathieu Malaterre a écrit :
> > The code:
> >
> >    ifdef CONFIG_6xx
> >    KBUILD_CFLAGS          += -mcpu=powerpc
> >    endif
> >
> > was added in 2006 in commit f48b8296b315 ("[PATCH] powerpc32: Set cpu
> > explicitly in kernel compiles"). This change was acceptable since the
> > TARGET_CPU logic was 64-bit only.
> >
> > Since commit 0e00a8c9fd92 ("powerpc: Allow CPU selection
> > also on PPC32") this logic is no longer acceptable after the TARGET_CPU
> > specific. It currently appends -mcpu=powerpc at the end of the command
> > line, after any TARGET_CPU specific:
> >
> >    gcc -Wp,-MD,init/.do_mounts.o.d ...
> >      -mcpu=powerpc -mbig-endian -m32 ...
> >      -mcpu=e300c2 ...
> >      -mcpu=powerpc ...
> >      ../init/do_mounts.c
> >
> > Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>
> > Fixes: 0e00a8c9fd92 ("powerpc: Allow CPU selection also on PPC32")
> > Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> > Link: https://www.mail-archive.com/linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org/msg142315.html
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>
> > ---
> >   arch/powerpc/Makefile | 8 ++++----
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> > index 8a2ce14d68d0..544b30667ea5 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> > @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ endif
> >   endif
> >   endif
> >
> > +ifdef CONFIG_6xx
> > +KBUILD_CFLAGS                += -mcpu=powerpc
> > +endif
> > +
>
> Could you make the patch on top of my serie (ie after the change of
> CONFIG_6xx to CONFIG_BOOK3S_32 ?

Sure. That will defeat the point of the Fixes: line, but I guess who
cares anyway ? Will re-submit asap.

> The serie is in origin/next-test
>
> Thanks,
> Christophe
>
> >   ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
> >   KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := $(shell uname -m)_defconfig
> >   else
> > @@ -241,10 +245,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS    += $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)
> >   # often slow when they are implemented at all
> >   KBUILD_CFLAGS               += $(call cc-option,-mno-string)
> >
> > -ifdef CONFIG_6xx
> > -KBUILD_CFLAGS                += -mcpu=powerpc
> > -endif
> > -
> >   cpu-as-$(CONFIG_4xx)                += -Wa,-m405
> >   cpu-as-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC)    += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-maltivec)
> >   cpu-as-$(CONFIG_E200)               += -Wa,-me200
> >