From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 16:53:23 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2AC18B4 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:53:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-ie0-f182.google.com (mail-ie0-f182.google.com [209.85.223.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7640F8FC18 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f182.google.com with SMTP id s9so9045945iec.13 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:53:22 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=sender:subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=OabXEcrUstwggbke17BzOxdGmyWXX5x1jPeYDt11F3g=; b=hJJQc1pilWTRfiTzhi6F5KlVKLNuACfntp3hxgWlarvpDWvB8C+KSYEV8/nPRhNZju uz0xhnMaQiH/HhMtqISY7fl+SeKzdCf+h8FVyWJA9B7KMumtEjXF8AJv17AnFpZgHjPV C7ui8efzmjhL51cvdlFSSJHEJhsDVIQMzXKaeQF2d1LOTWfCr1j52YlMp8qtbG5DcxM6 g7Vn2mlA7lwoEvxwMRVz7EiR6sbO73OmUewxiHMYGTlvFgwBi+47yKMCzQlHlYCbIrWR jCg2fXJDzA/5fdIP0dt6YhOPjxxMzhOmjt/gqDwASYXUEkDryHMf7xJQvr3L8ZcyGjDc a1zQ== Received: by 10.50.33.138 with SMTP id r10mr4160049igi.6.1353689602630; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:53:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from 53.imp.bsdimp.com (50-78-194-198-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net. [50.78.194.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hg2sm4616370igc.3.2012.11.23.08.53.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:53:20 -0800 (PST) Sender: Warner Losh Subject: Re: ARM/SMP, Some patches for review. Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <20121123164805.GA18800@ci0.org> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:53:17 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <50AA4E87.3000505@semihalf.com> <50ACE2B4.8010904@semihalf.com> <50AE3C0F.20809@semihalf.com> <94A3C1F1-0138-4D11-85BC-9E988AEF2E9F@bsdimp.com> <20121123164805.GA18800@ci0.org> To: Olivier Houchard X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn43nrP7ZODiIx0XOhSkimNMWISMZfsgDlXmSN8GjyvexC1IlVL2Ilc/L7HwirBeUKcHtqx Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:53:23 -0000 On Nov 23, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Olivier Houchard wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 09:40:42AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: >> Furthermore these items are used exclusively to change the compiler = args only (except the weird DDB_ENABLED for clean files in the arm = makefile that I see absolutely no reason to be there). There should be = a better way of doing things, and I'll investigate it. However, I = sometimes think we need to revamp all the building substantially, and = not just add hacks to config. >>=20 >> There have often been times that I wanted to disable building these = for my own reasons not related to what CPU I'm on. >>=20 >=20 > Maybe it's time to make it a separate target again ?=20 > I guess now that we have proper bootloaders it will get less and less = useful. I think that you may be right. I'll work up a couple of patches and = post them here for review. Warner