[PATCH v2 04/11] Convert CONFIG_PHYSMEM to Kconfig

Andy Shevchenko andy.shevchenko at gmail.com
Fri Nov 26 17:07:55 CET 2021


On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 2:12 AM Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 at 09:33, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 6:28 PM Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > This converts the following to Kconfig:
> > >    CONFIG_PHYSMEM
> >
> > Why?
>
> Because we want to avoid ad-hoc CONFIG options.

I mean why to do this effort if it can be simply removed for good.

> > And why my message [1] left unanswered?
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/CAHp75VcVpvuPWKjcuFwjcs0rOq7Woiz_CUD57vpzD5HF6SEzrg@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
>
> Because I have not got to it yet. It can take me a week or more to
> catch up on email. I do it in batches.
>
> We could enable this option always, but it is a bit risky as it
> doesn't work on 32-bit machines unless there is an implementation
> available.

I haven't got this. It's always enabled on x86. And it seems the only
user of it. I don't see any benefit of keeping this option.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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