Re: [RFC] Add 4KSx support (try 2)

["Kevin D. Kissell" <kevink@mips.com>]

Franck wrote:

> > There are places, for example arch/mips/mm/cache.c, but
> > also some of the other makefiles, where you're using your
> > new config flags to drive things where the standard
> > CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32 (which I guess has now fragmented into
> > CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R1 and CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2, which would
> > apply to the Sc and Sd respectively) would do the right thing
> > while creating fewer source file mods.
>
> That's correct but CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_Rx seems to be a fallback case.
> Don't other cpu use their own flags whereas they could just use
> CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_Rx flag instead ?
I think that those other CPUs aren't, strictly speaking,
MIPS32-compliant CPUs in one respect or another, so they
end up picking up MIPS32 kernel behavior "a la carte".
The 4KS family is a strict superset.

        Regards,

        Kevin K.