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Date:	Wed, 9 Nov 2011 20:52:35 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Philip Blundell <philb@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] 8250_hp300: Fix warning typo 'CONFIG_8250'

Hi Paul,

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:34, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 10:26 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Paul Bolle wrote:
>> > 1) If SERIAL_8250_HP300 is set but neither HPDCA nor HPAPCI are set we
>> > end up with an elaborate nop, don't we? Initialization should always
>> > fail in that case. So effectively SERIAL_8250_HP300 depends on HPDCA
>> > and/or HPAPCI. Was there perhaps some problem in translating that
>> > dependency into a Kconfig dependency?
>
> [...]
>
>> > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250_hp300.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250_hp300.c
>> > @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>> >  #include "8250.h"
>> >
>> >  #if !defined(CONFIG_HPDCA) && !defined(CONFIG_HPAPCI)
>> > -#warning CONFIG_8250 defined but neither CONFIG_HPDCA nor CONFIG_HPAPCI defined, are you sure?
>> > +#warning CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 defined but neither CONFIG_HPDCA nor CONFIG_HPAPCI defined, are you sure?
>> >  #endif
>>
>> What is the point of this warning anyway? Shouldn't everything necessary
>> be taken care of by Kconfig rules?
>
> That's exactly what I'm trying to find out with my questions (aimed at
> the m68k people, see 1) above).

I have this reminder in my local tree:

diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices
index 6033f5d..354ce91 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ config MULTIFACE_III_TTY
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.

 config HPDCA
+       # FIXME Should be bool and select SERIAL_8250_HP300?
        tristate "HP DCA serial support"
        depends on DIO && SERIAL_8250
        help
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ config HPDCA
          machine, say Y here.

 config HPAPCI
+       # FIXME Should be bool and select SERIAL_8250_HP300?
        tristate "HP APCI serial support"
        depends on HP300 && SERIAL_8250 && EXPERIMENTAL
        help

However, if these two options are bool, SERIAL_8250_HP300 can never
be m anymore.

Ah, if we just kill SERIAL_8250_HP300, we can put in the Makefile:

obj-$(CONFIG_HPDCA) += 8250_hp300.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HPAPCI) += 8250_hp300.o

Does that make sense?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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