Re: [PATCH 03/10] arm64: add Armada 3700 architecture entry

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Feb 03 2016 - 04:12:33 EST


On Wednesday 03 February 2016 08:55:22 Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> >> index 21074f674bde..7da341f7b90d 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> >> @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
> >> menu "Platform selection"
> >>
> >> +config ARCH_ARMADA_3700
> >
> > Would it be better to use ARCH_MVEBU? IMHO, there will be more ARMv8 SoCs
> > from our EBU, do we plan to add one CONFIG_ARMADA_yyzz for each SoC?
>
> Not for each SoC but for each family, yes. As we did for the other mvebu
> SoC families.
>

We tend to use a little more general config strings for arm64 than we have
for arm32. I think just using ARCH_MVEBU is fine here, no need to list
the 3700 series separately.

Arnd