Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: Limit check_bugs32() to affected platform

[Thomas Bogendoerfer]

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 10:32:02AM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> On 04/11/2020 12:25 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >
> >On 4/9/2020 8:20 PM, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> >>In the current code, check_bugs32() only handles MIPS32 CPU type CPU_34K,
> >>it is better to build and call it on the affected platform.
> >>
> >>Move check_bugs32() to the new added 34k-bugs32.c to indicate the fact that
> >>the code is specific to the 34k CPU, and also add CONFIG_CPU_34K_BUGS32 to
> >>control whether or not check the bugs.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >This is not a whole lot of code, so moving this to a separate
> >translation unit seems a bit heavy handed, also file renames, albeit
> >tracked properly by git are always a challenge when doing back ports.
> 
> Hi Florian,
> 
> There exists the following three ways to do it, I'm fine either way,
> maybe the first way looks better. Let us wait for the MIPS maintainer
> to say what he prefer.
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> What is your opinion?

I don't see a reason for doing that at all. The 34K workaround is only
compiled in if CONFIG_SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R2 is defined.

Thomas.

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