Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753508AbaDDOlm (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Apr 2014 10:41:42 -0400 Received: from gw-1.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.217]:50471 "EHLO pandora.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753010AbaDDOlk (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Apr 2014 10:41:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 15:41:08 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Daniel Thompson Cc: patches@linaro.org, linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, spear-devel@list.st.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: Fix DEBUG_LL for multi-platform kernels (without PL01X) Message-ID: <20140404144108.GD7528@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1396610269-11580-1-git-send-email-daniel.thompson@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1396610269-11580-1-git-send-email-daniel.thompson@linaro.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 12:17:49PM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote: > When building a multi_v7_defconfig kernel it is not possible to configure > DEBUG_LL to use any serial device except a ARM Primecell PL01X, or more > accurately and worse, it is possible to configure a different serial > device but KConfig does not honour this request. > > The happens because the multi-platform mode may include ARCH_SPEAR13XX > and this forcibly engages DEBUG_UART_PL01X to provide some kind of > compatibility with single platform builds (SPEAr supports both single and > multi-platform). This in turn causes DEBUG_LL_INCLUDE to wedge at > debug/pl01x.S. > > Problem is fixed by only deploying the compatibility options for SPEAr > when ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM is not set. I think it's probably about time we killed the def_bool and just made this a plain 'bool'. The affected platforms should be using DEBUG_LL_UART_PL01X by now. -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: now at 9.7Mbps down 460kbps up... slowly improving, and getting towards what was expected from it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/