[PATCH] powerpc/book3s64: Move PPC_DT_CPU_FTRs and enable it by default

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Jun 8 20:41:04 AEST 2017


Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu,  8 Jun 2017 16:51:41 +1000
> Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> wrote:
>
>> The PPC_DT_CPU_FTRs is a bit misplaced in menuconfig, it shows up with
>> other general kernel options. It's really more at home in the "Platform
>> Support" section, so move it there.
>> 
>> Also enable it by default, for Book3s 64. It does mostly nothing unless
>> the device tree properties are found, and we will want it enabled
>> eventually in distro kernels, so turn it on to start getting more
>> testing.
>> 
>> Fixes: 5a61ef74f269 ("powerpc/64s: Support new device tree binding for discovering CPU features")
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
>
> Well I'd better send the patch to enable it in firmware then.

At some point :)

It actually matters less when it goes into firmware, but yeah I think
it's sufficiently cooked that it should go in.

cheers


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