powerpc: allyesconfig should not select CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
authorAnton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:33:55 +0000 (16:33 +1100)
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:49:12 +0000 (11:49 +1100)
Stephen reported a failure in an allyesconfig build.
CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y gets set but his toolchain is not
new enough to support little endian. We really want to
default to a big endian build; Ben suggested using a choice
which defaults to CPU_BIG_ENDIAN.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype

index 132f8726a257c4ed7608534a8f61496d89b69d80..bca2465a9c347ad65f3617a7a51f2e4f2a73034a 100644 (file)
@@ -404,13 +404,27 @@ config PPC_DOORBELL
 
 endmenu
 
-config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-       bool "Build little endian kernel"
-       default n
+choice
+       prompt "Endianness selection"
+       default CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
        help
          This option selects whether a big endian or little endian kernel will
          be built.
 
+config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+       bool "Build big endian kernel"
+       help
+         Build a big endian kernel.
+
+         If unsure, select this option.
+
+config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+       bool "Build little endian kernel"
+       help
+         Build a little endian kernel.
+
          Note that if cross compiling a little endian kernel,
          CROSS_COMPILE must point to a toolchain capable of targeting
          little endian powerpc.
+
+endchoice