Re: [PATCH v2,1/5] powerpc: 85xx: make FSL_85XX_CACHE_SRAM configurable

From: Scott Wood
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 15:14:39 EST


On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 08:24 -0700, Wang Wenhu wrote:
> Enable FSL_85XX_CACHE_SRAM selection. On e500 platforms, the cache
> could be configured and used as a piece of SRAM which is hignly
> friendly for some user level application performances.
>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Scott Wood <oss@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wang Wenhu <wenhu.wang@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> * None
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/Kconfig | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 5 +++--
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/Kconfig
> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/Kconfig
> index fa3d29dcb57e..6debb4f1b9cc 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/Kconfig
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if FSL_SOC_BOOKE
> if PPC32
>
> config FSL_85XX_CACHE_SRAM
> - bool
> + bool "Freescale 85xx Cache-Sram"
> select PPC_LIB_RHEAP
> help
> When selected, this option enables cache-sram support

NACK

As discussed before, the driver that uses this API should "select" this
symbol.

-Scott