From patchwork Tue Sep 20 08:47:29 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Matt Redfearn X-Patchwork-Id: 9341261 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E47B76077A for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D839729D58 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id CC84629D5A; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:49:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6051D29D58 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753723AbcITItE (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:49:04 -0400 Received: from mailapp01.imgtec.com ([195.59.15.196]:36781 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753783AbcITIrw (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:47:52 -0400 Received: from HHMAIL01.hh.imgtec.org (unknown [10.100.10.19]) by Forcepoint Email with ESMTPS id 8034C131F35C7; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:47:38 +0100 (IST) Received: from mredfearn-linux.le.imgtec.org (10.150.130.83) by HHMAIL01.hh.imgtec.org (10.100.10.21) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.294.0; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:47:40 +0100 From: Matt Redfearn To: Ralf Baechle , Bjorn Andersson , Ohad Ben-Cohen , Thomas Gleixner CC: , , , , Matt Redfearn Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:47:29 +0100 Message-ID: <1474361249-31064-7-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1474361249-31064-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> References: <1474361249-31064-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [10.150.130.83] Sender: linux-remoteproc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP The MIPS remote processor driver (CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC) provides a more standard mechanism for using one or more VPs as coprocessors running separate firmware. Here we deprecate this mechanism before it is removed. Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn --- Changes in v2: None arch/mips/Kconfig | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 2094cbcea0d4..071fc4585265 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ comment "MIPS R2-to-R6 emulator is only available for UP kernels" depends on SMP && CPU_MIPSR6 config MIPS_VPE_LOADER - bool "VPE loader support." + bool "VPE loader support. (DEPRECATED)" depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING && MODULES select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_VI select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_EI @@ -2272,6 +2272,9 @@ config MIPS_VPE_LOADER Includes a loader for loading an elf relocatable object onto another VPE and running it. + Unless you have a specific need, you should use CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC + instead of this. + config MIPS_VPE_LOADER_CMP bool default "y"