[PATCH] powerpc/85xx: do not force PHYS_64BIT on Freescale reference boards

Kumar Gala kumar.gala at freescale.com
Fri Nov 4 07:40:44 EST 2011


On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:

> Kumar Gala wrote:
>> Nak.  For certain boards like P204x-P50xx we only support a 36-bit address map.
> 
> I understand that we don't supply a 32-bit U-boot or device tree, but is
> there any hard requirement that we force 36-bit kernels?  If it's really a
> requirement, then adding to the Kconfig of each board doesn't sound like
> the best way to enforce this.

Yes, there is a requirement.  Why would we allow you to build support for a board and not have it boot?  The Kconfig is exactly how to enforce this.

- k


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