Re: [PATCH 9/9] RISC-V: Build Infastructure

From: James Hogan
Date: Wed Jun 28 2017 - 17:25:58 EST


Hi Palmer,

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 11:55:38AM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> + select SYSRISCV_ATOMIC if !ISA_A
...
> +config SYSRISCV_ATOMIC
> + bool "Include support for atomic operation syscalls"
> + default !ISA_A
> + help
> + If atomic memory instructions are present, i.e.,
> + CONFIG_ISA_A, this includes support for the syscall that
> + provides atomic accesses. This is only useful to run
> + binaries that require atomic access but were compiled with
> + -mno-atomic.
> +
> + If CONFIG_ISA_A is unset, this option is mandatory.
> +
> + If you don't know what to do here, say N.

Can this be removed now that you mentioned the atomics syscall being
mandatory? I can't find any other references to it.

Cheers
James

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