linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: gemini: don't select SERIAL_OF

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:13:17 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: gemini: don't select SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
>> We cannot select the option when SERIAL_8250 is not also set:
>>
>> warning: (ARCH_GEMINI) selects SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM which has unmet direct dependencies (TTY && HAS_IOMEM && SERIAL_8250 && OF)
>>
>> This removes the 'select' statement, requiring that users enable the
>> option manually. Alternatively, we could make it a conditional
>> 'select SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM if SERIAL_8250' or also select a handful
>> of other symbols that it depends on.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>
> Will you apply this directly to the interestingly misspelled
> "gemeni/multiplatform" branch in the ARM SoC tree
> directly?
>
> I will send pull requests on top of that branch later
> for more features.

If you are going to send more pull requests, just add the fixup there,
it's not urgent.

      Arnd