Re: [PATCH] arm: Fix DEBUG_LL for multi-platform kernels (without PL01X)

[Daniel Thompson]

On 04/04/14 15:41, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> 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.

Ok.

Looking closely I think this will actually be better even for the single
platforms since today KConfig will not honour targeting DEBUG_LL at
EmbeddedICE or semihosting on the platforms that remain in the list.

Expect a v3...



Daniel.
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