Re: [PATCH v4] ARM: mvebu: remove two selects of ARM_ERRATA_753970

[Gregory CLEMENT]

Hi Paul,

On 19/01/2015 10:32, Paul Bolle wrote:
> ARM_ERRATA_753970 was renamed to PL310_ERRATA_753970 in v3.2, through
> commit fa0ce4035d48 ("ARM: 7162/1: errata: tidy up Kconfig options for
> PL310 errata workarounds"). Still, two selects were added in v3.15 that
> used the previous name. So these selects have always been nops.
> 
> It is clear that the intention here was to select PL310_ERRATA_753970.
> But as, apparently, nothing broke for four releases we can assume
> PL310_ERRATA_753970 isn't actually needed. So let's not rename these two
> selects but just drop them instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4: Do no bother anymore to rename these selects. I've tried to do that
> a few times ever since v3.15-rc1 was released. Last time, v3, was in
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/12/231 . And since the people who
> intruduced this issue apparently aren't bothered by it, neither should
> I. So just do the safe and easy thing, which is removing these two
> selects, as they are nops now.
> 
> Done on top of next-20150119.

I think you're right, however I am still going to ask the hardware designers
if we need PL310_ERRATA_753970.

Thanks,

Gregory


> 
>  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
> index c1e4567a5ab3..e8e5fa25121c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
> @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ config MACH_ARMADA_370
>  config MACH_ARMADA_375
>  	bool "Marvell Armada 375 boards" if ARCH_MULTI_V7
>  	select ARM_ERRATA_720789
> -	select ARM_ERRATA_753970
>  	select ARM_GIC
>  	select ARMADA_375_CLK
>  	select HAVE_ARM_SCU
> @@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ config MACH_ARMADA_375
>  config MACH_ARMADA_38X
>  	bool "Marvell Armada 380/385 boards" if ARCH_MULTI_V7
>  	select ARM_ERRATA_720789
> -	select ARM_ERRATA_753970
>  	select ARM_GIC
>  	select ARMADA_38X_CLK
>  	select HAVE_ARM_SCU
> 


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