In generic_defconfig set CONFIG_NR_CPUS to 16 rather than 2, which is a
rather too low limit for many modern day MIPS systems.
Signed-off-by: NPaul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/16949/Signed-off-by: NRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

Leave CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT at its default, allowing board config fragments
to make use of USB drivers without needing to override it & trigger
warnings from merge_config.sh.
Signed-off-by: NPaul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/16948/Signed-off-by: NRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

The generic_defconfig is used for platforms like SEAD3 which do not
usually have fixed storage available, therefore NFS is the preferred
location of the RFS.
When the upstream kernel defconfig is built & tested on platforms such
as SEAD3 this leads to essentially false failures when the RFS fails to
mount.

There is little harm in having this feature enabled by default, so
enable it in the defconfig. Kernel autoconfiguration & DHCP must also be
selected to allow RFS on NFS.
Signed-off-by: NMatt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/15853/Signed-off-by: NRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

Introduce a "generic" platform, which aims to be board-agnostic by
making use of device trees passed by the boot protocol defined in the
MIPS UHI (Universal Hosting Interface) specification. Provision is made
for supporting boards which use a legacy boot protocol that can't be
changed, but adding support for such boards or any others is left to
followon patches.

Right now the built kernels expect to be loaded to 0x80100000, ie. in
kseg0. This is fine for the vast majority of MIPS platforms, but
nevertheless it would be good to remove this limitation in the future by
mapping the kernel via the TLB such that it can be loaded anywhere & map
itself appropriately.

Configuration is handled by dynamically generating configs using
scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh, somewhat similar to the way powerpc
makes use of it. This allows for variations upon the configuration, eg.
differing architecture revisions or subsets of driver support for
differing boards, to be handled without having a large number of
defconfig files.
Signed-off-by: NPaul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14353/Signed-off-by: NRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>