Re: RFC: Sentosa boot fix

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Franck Bui-Huu wrote:

> It gives good default behaviours without both user's intervention or
> configuration:
> 
>       if CONFIG_64BITS
>               ifndef sym32
>                       if load-y in XKPHYS
>                               sym32 = ''              [1]
>                       elif load-y in CKSEG0
>                               sym32 = '-msym32'       [2]
>               else
>                       if sym32 eq 'yes'
>                               sym32 = '-msym32'       [3]
>               endef
>       fi
>       cflags-y += $(sym32)
> 
> [1] since there is no reason to add '-msym32' and it would generate
>    wrong code anyways.
> [2] since it's used by all platforms to generate smaller code.
>    Warn if this option is not supported by the tool chains.
> [3] if you really want to generate code loaded in CKSEG0 without
>    -msym32 switch you could always do:
> 
>               $ make sym32=no

 Well, it seems fair enough indeed, as long as the availability of 
"-msym32" is verified as suggested by Atsushi-san.

>    IMHO, for normal users, this case is probably a configuration
>    bug and that's the reason we should request for a user to ask for
>    it explicitly.

 Hmm, that just raises the question for a definition of who a "normal 
user" is.  And in general -- what "normality" is and why exactly that and 
not something else. ;-)

  Maciej