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Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:59:37 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...e-electrons.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        MTD Maling List <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: MTD_NAND_MARVELL should depend on HAS_DMA

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Boris Brezillon
<boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:46:47 +0100
> Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:23:21 +0100
>> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>
>> > If NO_DMA=y:
>> >
>> >     ERROR: "bad_dma_ops" [drivers/mtd/nand/marvell_nand.ko] undefined!
>> >
>> > Add a dependency on HAS_DMA to fix this.
>> >
>> > Fixes: 02f26ecf8c772751 ("mtd: nand: add reworked Marvell NAND controller driver")
>> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
>> > index e6b8c59f2c0da7c0..736ac887303c88ba 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
>> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
>> > @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ config MTD_NAND_MARVELL
>> >     tristate "NAND controller support on Marvell boards"
>> >     depends on PXA3xx || ARCH_MMP || PLAT_ORION || ARCH_MVEBU || \
>> >                COMPILE_TEST
>> > -   depends on HAS_IOMEM
>> > +   depends on HAS_IOMEM && HAS_DMA
>>
>> I think this is more a coding issue than a Kconfig issue. AFAIR, none
>> of the ARCH_MVEBU SoCs use DMA in conjunction with the NAND controller.
>> PXA SoCs may use DMA (NFCv1 only) but this is not a hard requirement and
>> the driver is supposed to support PIO mode in all situations.
>>
>> Can you please share your setup, the SoC, the configuration,
>> maybe also the DT?
>
> I don't think Geert is testing on a real board. He's just enabling
> COMPILE_TEST and can then select your driver. Which means you really
> need this depends on HAS_DMA.

Correct.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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