linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: remove USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_{DESC,MMIO} depends on architecture symbol

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Date:	Thu, 2 May 2013 11:57:35 +0200
From:	Jonas Gorski <jogo@...nwrt.org>
To:	eunb.song@...sung.com
Cc:	"ralf@...ux-mips.org" <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	"linux-mips@...ux-mips.org" <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	"florian@...nwrt.org" <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: remove USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_{DESC,MMIO} depends
 on architecture symbol

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:27 AM, EUNBONG SONG <eunb.song@...sung.com> wrote:
>
>>These are selects and don't prevent anyone else from also selecting
>> them. If you look at your referenced commit, you see it removed the
>>/depends/, not the selects. It actually added selects to several
>> platforms. Platforms are supposed to select them if they need them.
>
> Hello.
> Every time i config with arch/mips/configs/cavium_octeon_defconfig, the following warning messages
> are showed.
> warning: (MIPS_SEAD3 && PMC_MSP && CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON) selects USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO which has unmet direct dependencies (USB_SUPPORT && USB && USB_EHCI_HCD)
> warning: (MIPS_SEAD3 && PMC_MSP && CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON) selects USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO which has unmet direct dependencies (USB_SUPPORT && USB && USB_EHCI_HCD)
>
> And after applying this patch, the warning messages were disappeared.

But after this patch likely EHCI is also broken on these platforms.
The solution is to either guard the USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO/DESC
selects with if USB_EHCI_HCD etc, or make
USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO/DESC not depend on USB_EHCI_HCD etc.

As far as I can tell, USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO/DESC only have any
effect on the ehci_hcd code anyway, so removing the dependencies of
these symbols should be fine and without any side effects, thus allow
platforms/drivers to select them unconditionally.

Greg, what do you think?


Jonas
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