Re: CPU_BIG_ENDIAN in generic code (was: Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] arch/sparc: Define config parameter CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/24/2017 5:18 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

>>> I guess the time is ripe for adding (both) symbols to all architectures?
>>
>> Good idea. I think we can do most of this by adding a few lines to
>> arch/Kconfig:
>>
>> config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
>>          bool
>>
>> config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
>>         def_bool !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
>>
>> This way, we only need to add 'select CPU_BIG_ENDIAN' to the
>> architectures that are always big-endian, and we don't need to
>> change anything for the ones that have a single 'CPU_BIG_ENDIAN'
>> option.
>>
>> The three architectures that have a 'choice' statement (mips, ppc and
>> sh) will have to convert, and m32r will have to replace the
>
>
> what to you mean by "(mips, ppc andsh) will have to convert"?  Do you expect
> any changes here?
>

Kconfig does not allow you to have the same symbol as both a regular
'bool' and also 'bool within choice', so those three have to replace the
choice with a user-visible 'config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN' option like the
other ones have.

I also notice that  for arch/s390/Kconfig you now have both the
'select CPU_BIG_ENDIAN' and the 'config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
def_bool y', I'd remove the second one in the same patch.

       Arnd