linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: MTD_NAND_MARVELL should depend on HAS

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:05:14 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...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, 30 Jan 2018 14:59:37 +0100
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:

> 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.

My bad.

Ok then, it looks like this is the right fix.

Thanks Geert for reporting it.
Miquèl

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds



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