Re: powerpc64: Enable CONFIG_E500 and CONFIG_PPC_E500MC for e5500/e6500

From: Scott Wood
Date: Sun Sep 25 2016 - 02:20:49 EST


On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 04:46:43PM +0200, David Engraf wrote:
> The PowerPC e5500/e6500 architecture is based on the e500mc core. Enable
> CONFIG_E500 and CONFIG_PPC_E500MC when e5500/e6500 is used.
>
> This will also fix using CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500 on PPC64.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Engraf <david.engraf@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> index f32edec..0382da7 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> @@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ config POWER8_CPU
>
> config E5500_CPU
> bool "Freescale e5500"
> - depends on E500
> + select E500
> + select PPC_E500MC
>
> config E6500_CPU
> bool "Freescale e6500"
> - depends on E500
> + select E500
> + select PPC_E500MC

These config symbols are for setting -mcpu. Kernels built with
CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU should also work on e5500/e6500.

The problem is that CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500 doesn't select E500 (I didn't
notice it before because usually CORENET_GENERIC is enabled as well).

Note that your patch, by eliminating the dependency on E500, would make
it possible to build a book3s kernel with E5500_CPU/E6500_CPU, which
doesn't make any sense.

-Scott