Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Limit check_bugs32() under CONFIG_32BIT

[Jiaxun Yang]

ä 2020å4æ10æ GMT+08:00 äå12:15:27, "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> åå:
>On Thu, 9 Apr 2020, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
>
>> > Why is using Kconfig supposed to be better?  Several configurations
>
>> >support multiple processor types (e.g. swappable CPU daugthercards
>or
>> >FPGA 
>> >soft-cores) and having to list CPU types across platforms as CPUs
>are 
>> >added is going to be a maintenance nightmare.  Whereas having
>> >workarounds 
>> >or panics associated with run-time determination of the actual CPU
>type
>> >
>> >guarantees they will trigger where necessary.  The use of `init'
>> >sections 
>> >assures the reclaim of memory for use after bootstrap.
>> 
>> Actually I meant let bug checks depends on Kconfig's CPU selection.
>> 
>> It's guaranteed that you can only select one kind of CPU one time,
>> to prevent the overhead of checking bugs on irrelevant processors.
>
>That makes no sense to me sorry.  When you select say a MIPS32r2 CPU
>for 
>a Malta configuration, you can run it with a 4KE, 24K, 24KE, 34K, 74K, 
>1004K, M14K, and probably a few other CPUs I have forgotten about.  Are
>
>you suggesting now that you want to require a separate kernel 
>configuration for each of these CPUs?

Nope. As the Kconfig is telling about the possibility,
the real CPUTYPE check is still done during boot.

Thanks.
-- 
Jiaxun Yang