Re: [RFC PATCH] ARM: mm: ADD descriptor string to CONFIG_DMA_ADDR_64BIT_T

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Hi,
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Shilimkar, Santosh
<santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/12/2012 1:50 AM, R Sricharan wrote:
>>>
>>> Even if CONFIG_DMA_ADDR_64BIT_T is enabled by the defconfig,
>>> the feature is not getting selected.
>>> Adding a string description in the Kconfig resolves this.
>>>
>>> But not sure if this is the right way to fix this.
>>>
>>
>> Shouldn't you be selecting this in your 64-bit dma address capable arch
>> instead?
>>
> Yes. The selection to enable  CONFIG_DMA_ADDR_64BIT_T happens
> in the arch which needs it. Since this option was made as simple bool,
> looks like because of some KCONFIG magic, it was not getting selected.
> Adding some help text does fix the issue and thats is the patch all about.
>
  Correct. So even if you select this in the arch/defconfig,
  today this option is not getting enabled in the finally generated
  .config. So by adding this description text, this can really be selected
   from arch level.

Thanks,
 Sricharan
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