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From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:44:10 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] ARM: add CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET default values
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
        llvm@lists.linux.dev, Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 5:42 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> For platforms that are not yet converted to ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM,
> we can disable CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT, which in turn requires
> setting a correct address here.
>
> As we actualy know what all the values are supposed to be based
> on the old mach/memory.h header file contents (from git history),
> we can just add them here.
>
> This also solves a problem in Kconfig where 'make randconfig'
> fails to continue if no number is selected for a 'hex' option.
> Users can still override the number at configuration time, e.g.
> when the memory visible to the kernel starts at a nonstandard
> address on some machine, but it should no longer be required
> now.
>
> I originally posted this back in 2016, but the problem still
> persists. The patch has gotten much simpler though, as almost
> all platforms rely on ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT now.
>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/1455804123-2526139-5-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

BTW thanks for this very nice cleanup patch set!

Yours,
Linus Walleij