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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-04-12 09:42:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-04-12 09:42:34 +0200 |
| commit | ef389b734691cdc8beb009dd402135dcdcb86a56 (patch) | |
| tree | 9523a37db93cb7c7874a5f18b4d9a7014898b814 /Documentation/mn10300/compartmentalisation.txt | |
| parent | x86/apic: Fix signedness bug in APIC ID validity checks (diff) | |
| parent | syscalls/x86: Adapt syscall_wrapper.h to the new syscall stub naming convention (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'WIP.x86/asm' into x86/urgent, because the topic is ready
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/mn10300/compartmentalisation.txt b/Documentation/mn10300/compartmentalisation.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8958b51dac4b..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/mn10300/compartmentalisation.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ - ========================================= - PART-SPECIFIC SOURCE COMPARTMENTALISATION - ========================================= - -The sources for various parts are compartmentalised at two different levels: - - (1) Processor level - - The "processor level" is a CPU core plus the other on-silicon - peripherals. - - Processor-specific header files are divided among directories in a similar - way to the CPU level: - - (*) include/asm-mn10300/proc-mn103e010/ - - Support for the AM33v2 CPU core. - - The appropriate processor is selected by a CONFIG_MN10300_PROC_YYYY option - from the "Processor support" choice menu in the arch/mn10300/Kconfig file. - - - (2) Unit level - - The "unit level" is a processor plus all the external peripherals - controlled by that processor. - - Unit-specific header files are divided among directories in a similar way - to the CPU level; not only that, but specific sources may also be - segregated into separate directories under the arch directory: - - (*) include/asm-mn10300/unit-asb2303/ - (*) arch/mn10300/unit-asb2303/ - - Support for the ASB2303 board with an ASB2308 daughter board. - - (*) include/asm-mn10300/unit-asb2305/ - (*) arch/mn10300/unit-asb2305/ - - Support for the ASB2305 board. - - The appropriate processor is selected by a CONFIG_MN10300_UNIT_ZZZZ option - from the "Unit type" choice menu in the arch/mn10300/Kconfig file. - - -============ -COMPILE TIME -============ - -When the kernel is compiled, symbolic links will be made in the asm header file -directory for this arch: - - include/asm-mn10300/proc => include/asm-mn10300/proc-YYYY/ - include/asm-mn10300/unit => include/asm-mn10300/unit-ZZZZ/ - -So that the header files contained in those directories can be accessed without -lots of #ifdef-age. - -The appropriate arch/mn10300/unit-ZZZZ directory will also be entered by the -compilation process; all other unit-specific directories will be ignored. |