Re: [PATCH 01/27] score: create Kconfig Kconfig.debug Makefile

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Tue Jun 09 2009 - 15:10:27 EST


Some comments below.
Mostly nitpicking.

Sam

> +
> +config GENERIC_IOMAP
> + bool
> + default y

The preference these days is the shorter:
config GENERIC_IOMAP
def_bool y

Note that default for bool is n,
so a standalone "bool" is the same as "def_bool n".


This comment applies to all symbols
listed below this one.

> +config EARLY_PRINTK
> + bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
> + depends on SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK

Arnd already commented on your "select EMBEDDED".
We usually hide "expert only" options behind EMBEDDED.

Do you really consider EARLY_PRINTK an expert only option?

> +config PAGE_SIZE_4KB
> + bool
> + default y

I see no need for this symbol unless you plan to support other
page sizes. "PAGE_SIZE_4KB" is not used outside arch/*


> diff --git a/arch/score/Makefile b/arch/score/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b86ec22
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/score/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
> +#
> +# arch/score/Makefile
> +#
> +# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General
> Public
> +# License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
> +# for more details.
> +#
> +
> +KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := spct6600_defconfig
> +CROSS_COMPILE := score-linux-

This is a bit brutal to always assume a specific CROSS_COMPILE setting.
Consider using cc-cross-prefix - see arch/m68k/Makefile +
Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt


> +
> +#
> +# CPU-dependent compiler/assembler options for optimization.
> +#
> +cflags-y += -g -O2 -G0 -pipe -mel -mnhwloop -D__SCOREEL__ \
> + -D__linux__ -ffunction-sections -ffreestanding

-g is picked up using a kernel option (CONFIG_DEBUG_ something).
Do not hard code it.

-O2 setting likewise - CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
-G0 ??
-ffunction-sections - Does this really work for you?
We have potential conflicts with
hardcoded section names.


> +#
> +# Board-dependent options and extra files
> +#
> +KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
> +MODFLAGS += -mlong-calls

Grepping it is a mess how we do this today.
So MODFLAGS usage is as good as the other ways we do this.
I may clean this up one day.

> +LDFLAGS += --oformat elf32-littlescore
> +LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -G0 -static -nostdlib

> +CLEAN_FILES += arch/score/kernel/vmlinux.lds
This is not needed.

> +
> +#
> +# Choosing incompatible machines durings configuration will result in
> +# error messages during linking. Select a default linkscript if
> +# none has been choosen above.
> +#
Bogus comment?

> +
> +head-y := arch/score/kernel/head.o
> +libs-y += arch/score/lib/
> +core-y += arch/score/kernel/ arch/score/mm/
> +
> +boot := arch/score/boot
> +
> +vmlinux.bin: vmlinux
> + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
> +
> +archclean:
> + @$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
> +
> +define archhelp
> + echo ' vmlinux.bin - Raw binary boot image'
> + echo
> + echo ' These will be default as apropriate for a configured
> platform.'
> +endef

Sam
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