Re: [PATCH] ARM: Kconfig: CPU_BIG_ENDIAN depends on !LD_IS_LLD

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Mon Nov 09 2020 - 20:34:24 EST


On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 02:47:12PM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> LLD does not yet support any big endian architectures. Make this config
> non-selectable when using LLD until LLD is fixed.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/965
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

I tested allyesconfig, allmodconfig, and about ten to fifteen
randconfigs and never saw CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN appear.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
> index 65e4482e3849..02692fbe2db5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ config SWP_EMULATE
> config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> bool "Build big-endian kernel"
> depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
> + depends on !LD_IS_LLD
> help
> Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode.
> Note that your board must be properly built and your board
> --
> 2.29.2.222.g5d2a92d10f8-goog
>