Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934114AbdCWQiH (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:38:07 -0400 Received: from mailapp01.imgtec.com ([195.59.15.196]:29685 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932113AbdCWQiE (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:38:04 -0400 From: Matt Redfearn To: Ralf Baechle , Bjorn Andersson , Ohad Ben-Cohen , Thomas Gleixner CC: , , , , Matt Redfearn Subject: [PATCH v6 4/4] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:37:17 +0000 Message-ID: <1490287037-31885-5-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1490287037-31885-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> References: <1490287037-31885-1-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: 1183 Lines: 43 The MIPS remote processor driver (CONFIG_MIPS_REMOTEPROC) 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 v6: None Changes in v5: None Changes in v4: None 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 6cdc23da8761..dbec6893c6e7 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ config MIPSR2_TO_R6_EMULATOR final kernel image. 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 @@ -2312,6 +2312,9 @@ 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_REMOTEPROC + instead of this. + config MIPS_VPE_LOADER_CMP bool default "y" -- 2.7.4