From 73a65b3f8587fa1c83768515ecc0bf6fa44ccdd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Uwe=20Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:13:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: deprecate support for old way to pass kernel parameters MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This was deprecated in 2001 and announced to live on for 5 years. For now provide a kernel parameter for those who still need it. Acked-by: Eric Miao Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König --- arch/arm/Kconfig | 6 ++++++ arch/arm/kernel/Makefile | 4 +++- arch/arm/kernel/compat.c | 7 ------- arch/arm/kernel/compat.h | 2 -- arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 11 +++++++++++ 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 1f254bd6c93..a53ac6570b6 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -1374,6 +1374,12 @@ config UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY However, if the CPU data cache is using a write-allocate mode, this option is unlikely to provide any performance gain. +config DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT + bool "Provide old way to pass kernel parameters" + help + This was deprecated in 2001 and announced to live on for 5 years. + Some old boot loaders still use this way. + endmenu menu "Boot options" diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile index 26d302c28e1..021f72d8979 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile @@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_return_address.o = -pg # Object file lists. -obj-y := compat.o elf.o entry-armv.o entry-common.o irq.o \ +obj-y := elf.o entry-armv.o entry-common.o irq.o \ process.o ptrace.o return_address.o setup.o signal.o \ sys_arm.o stacktrace.o time.o traps.o +obj-$(CONFIG_DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT) += compat.o + obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS) += leds.o obj-$(CONFIG_OC_ETM) += etm.o diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c index 0a1385442f4..925652318b8 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.c @@ -217,10 +217,3 @@ void __init convert_to_tag_list(struct tag *tags) struct param_struct *params = (struct param_struct *)tags; build_tag_list(params, ¶ms->u2); } - -void __init squash_mem_tags(struct tag *tag) -{ - for (; tag->hdr.size; tag = tag_next(tag)) - if (tag->hdr.tag == ATAG_MEM) - tag->hdr.tag = ATAG_NONE; -} diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h index 27e61a68bd1..39264ab1b9c 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/compat.h @@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ */ extern void convert_to_tag_list(struct tag *tags); - -extern void squash_mem_tags(struct tag *tag); diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c index 122d999bdc7..cbc6ddb1c9b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c @@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ #include #include +#if defined(CONFIG_DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT) #include "compat.h" +#endif #include "atags.h" #include "tcm.h" @@ -663,6 +665,13 @@ static int __init customize_machine(void) } arch_initcall(customize_machine); +static void __init squash_mem_tags(struct tag *tag) +{ + for (; tag->hdr.size; tag = tag_next(tag)) + if (tag->hdr.tag == ATAG_MEM) + tag->hdr.tag = ATAG_NONE; +} + void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) { struct tag *tags = (struct tag *)&init_tags; @@ -683,12 +692,14 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) else if (mdesc->boot_params) tags = phys_to_virt(mdesc->boot_params); +#if defined(CONFIG_DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT) /* * If we have the old style parameters, convert them to * a tag list. */ if (tags->hdr.tag != ATAG_CORE) convert_to_tag_list(tags); +#endif if (tags->hdr.tag != ATAG_CORE) tags = (struct tag *)&init_tags; -- 2.11.4.GIT