Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753936AbcJKNms (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:42:48 -0400 Received: from mailapp02.imgtec.com ([217.156.133.132]:25528 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753671AbcJKNmq (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:42:46 -0400 From: Matt Redfearn To: Ralf Baechle , Bjorn Andersson , Ohad Ben-Cohen , "Thomas Gleixner" CC: , , , , Matt Redfearn Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:42:36 +0100 Message-ID: <1476193356-1350-5-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1476193356-1350-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> References: <1476193356-1350-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Originating-IP: [10.150.130.83] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1157 Lines: 40 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" -- 2.7.4