From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756136AbcKBQLd (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:11:33 -0400 Received: from mailapp01.imgtec.com ([195.59.15.196]:18959 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756043AbcKBQLY (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:11:24 -0400 From: Matt Redfearn To: Ralf Baechle , Bjorn Andersson , Ohad Ben-Cohen , Thomas Gleixner CC: , , , , Matt Redfearn Subject: [PATCH v4 4/4] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 16:11:03 +0000 Message-ID: <1478103063-17653-5-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1478103063-17653-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> References: <1478103063-17653-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Originating-IP: [10.150.130.83] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The MIPS remote processor driver (CONFIG_MIPS_REMOTEPROC) 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 v4: None Changes in v3: None 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 6faf7c96ee15..d5b5a25a49e8 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ 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 @@ -2307,6 +2307,9 @@ 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_REMOTEPROC + instead of this. + config MIPS_VPE_LOADER_CMP bool default "y" -- 2.7.4