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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/mm/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 28 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig index d30ee26ccc87..a3a4589ec73b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig @@ -738,15 +738,29 @@ config SWP_EMULATE If unsure, say Y. +choice + prompt "CPU Endianess" + default CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN + +config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN + bool "Built little-endian kernel" + help + Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in little-endian mode. + This is the default and is used in practically all modern user + space builds. + 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 - port must properly enable any big-endian related features - of your chipset/board/processor. + This works on many machines using ARMv6 or newer processors + but requires big-endian user space. + + The only ARMv5 platform with big-endian support is + Intel IXP4xx. + +endchoice config CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 bool @@ -1122,12 +1136,6 @@ config ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE config ARM_HEAVY_MB bool -config ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN - bool - help - This option specifies the architecture can support big endian - operation. - config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA bool "Make rodata strictly non-executable" depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX |