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-rw-r--r--arch/arm/Kconfig6
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/compat.c7
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/setup.c11
5 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 1f254bd6c937..a53ac6570b66 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 26d302c28e13..021f72d89799 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 0a1385442f43..925652318b8b 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, &params->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 27e61a68bd1c..39264ab1b9c6 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 122d999bdc7c..cbc6ddb1c9bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
#include <asm/traps.h>
#include <asm/unwind.h>
+#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;