3.10 ARM kernel configs

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com> wrote:
> So.  When trying to do the latest merge, this is what I get on a prep
> for the -tegra config:
>
> + mv kernel-3.10.0-armv7hl-tegra.config .config
> ++ head -1 .config
> ++ cut -b 3-
> + Arch=arm
> + make ARCH=arm listnewconfig
> + grep -E '^CONFIG_'
> warning: (VIRTIO_PCI && VIRTIO_MMIO && REMOTEPROC && RPMSG) selects
> VIRTIO which has unmet direct dependencies (VIRTUALIZATION)
> + '[' -s .newoptions ']'
> + cat .newoptions
> CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V6
> CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7
> CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU
> CONFIG_ARCH_BCM
> CONFIG_ARCH_HIGHBANK
> CONFIG_ARCH_MXC
> CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
> CONFIG_ARCH_SOCFPGA
> CONFIG_PLAT_SPEAR
> CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI
> CONFIG_ARCH_SIRF
> CONFIG_ARCH_U8500
> CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS_CORTEX_A5_A9_ERRATA
> CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS_CA9X4
> CONFIG_ARCH_VIRT
> CONFIG_ARCH_WM8850
> CONFIG_ARCH_ZYNQ
> + exit 1
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.JpdsWj (%prep)
>
>
> Now, looking at the various ARM config files, almost all of those are
> set in config-armv7.  None of them are set in config-armv7-generic or
> config-armv7-tegra.  The questions I have are:
>
> 1) What is config-armv7 and why is it different from
> config-armv7-generic?

It's non pae vs pae. I did it the same as x86.

> 2) Why does tegra (and the other boards) not inherit config-armv7 at all
> and only inherits from temp-armv7-generic (config-armv7-generic +
> config-generic)?

Because generic is inherited by the other 3.

> As it stands right now, either config-armv7-generic needs to inherit all
> the settings from config-armv7 or they need to be explicitly set in
> config-armv7-tegra.  Explicitly setting them is feasible, but that's a
> lot of duplication.  I've no clue what the setup here is, nor which
> option is correct.

Tegra will disappear with 3.10 (at least that's the plans) and the
other two are different because they need to be. armv7-generic is the
shared bits between the two.

> Can you please tell me which to do so I can continue with this merge?
> I'd like to get -git12 fixed up and pushed out today.

If you can push the changes you have I can fix the issues now.

Peter