[PATCH v3 4/9] add platform support for MPC837x MDS board

[Li Yang-r58472]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kumar Gala [mailto:galak at kernel.crashing.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:47 PM
> To: Li Yang-r58472
> Cc: paulus at samba.org; linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/9] add platform support for MPC837x MDS board
> 
> 
> On Oct 12, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Li Yang wrote:
> 
> > The MPC837x MDS is a new member of Freescale MDS reference system.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli at freescale.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig       |   12 ++++
> >  arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Makefile      |    1 +
> >  arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc837x_mds.c |  103 ++++++++++++++++++
> > +++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)  create mode 
> > 100644 arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc837x_mds.c
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/ 
> > platforms/83xx/Kconfig index ec305f1..0c61e7a 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig
> > @@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ config MPC836x_MDS
> >  	help
> >  	  This option enables support for the MPC836x MDS 
> Processor Board.
> >
> > +config MPC837x_MDS
> > +	bool "Freescale MPC837x MDS"
> > +	select DEFAULT_UIMAGE
> > +	help
> > +	  This option enables support for the MPC837x MDS 
> Processor Board.
> >  endchoice
> >
> >  config PPC_MPC831x
> > @@ -75,3 +80,10 @@ config PPC_MPC836x
> >  	select PPC_UDBG_16550
> >  	select PPC_INDIRECT_PCI
> >  	default y if MPC836x_MDS
> > +
> > +config PPC_MPC837x
> > +	bool
> > +	select PPC_UDBG_16550
> > +	select PPC_INDIRECT_PCI
> > +	select FSL_SERDES
> > +	default y if MPC837x_MDS
> 
> Do we really need this Kconfig option for anything?

The chip series can be used on other boards.  This option is a container
for CPU related selects and can be reused by other boards.

- Leo