From: Alex Van Brunt Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:08:51 +0000 (-0800) Subject: arm64: a backwards compatible config option X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~4090^2~215 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=75079f8dfc7d4b32844a24e30bafa317e0af97ee;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git arm64: a backwards compatible config option Create a config option that when selected configures the kernel to be as backwards compatable with kernels that ran on an ARMv7 processor as possible. Change-Id: I7cd67e6d4174335f9a67aba2a39dfd993f240c27 Signed-off-by: Alex Van Brunt Reviewed-on: http://git-master/r/366094 Reviewed-by: Richard Wiley Reviewed-by: Automatic_Commit_Validation_User Tested-by: Oskari Jaaskelainen --- diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 3ee27d34a020..437dd6cf5ac8 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -182,6 +182,16 @@ config HW_PERF_EVENTS Enable hardware performance counter support for perf events. If disabled, perf events will use software events only. +config ARMV7_COMPAT + bool "Kernel support for ARMv7 applications" + depends on COMPAT + help + This option enables features that allow that ran on an ARMv7 or older + processor to continue functioning. + + If you want to execute ARMv7 applications, say Y + + source "mm/Kconfig" endmenu