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Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:24:59 +0200 (CEST)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>, jdike@...aya.com,
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE (was: Re: uninline
check_signature())
Hi Linus,
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > OR I'll have to disable HAS_IOMEM on m68k, and invent a new Kconfig
> > symbol for lots of other stuff that currently depends on HAS_IOMEM...
>
> Well, as far as I'm concerned, you could also make all drivers that
> actually need "check_signature()" do a Kconfig level
>
> select CHECK_SIGNATURE
>
> along with a
>
> config CHECK_SIGNATURE
> bool
> default n
>
> in lib/Kconfig, and thus make it totally independent of any hw/bus
> features at all, and simply depend on whether it is needed or not. I'd be
> ok with that, and it's certainly "correct" too.
>
> Hmm?
So here it is...
---
Subject: Introduce CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE
Introduce CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE to control inclusion of check_signature()
and avoid problems on platforms that don't have readb().
Let the few legacy (ISA || PCI || X86) drivers that need check_signature()
select CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
---
drivers/block/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/input/misc/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 6 ++++++
lib/Kconfig | 3 +++
lib/Makefile | 3 ++-
5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ config AMIGA_Z2RAM
config BLK_DEV_XD
tristate "XT hard disk support"
depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
help
Very old 8 bit hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer
will be supported if you say Y here.
--- a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ config INPUT_WISTRON_BTNS
select INPUT_POLLDEV
select NEW_LEDS
select LEDS_CLASS
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
help
Say Y here for support of Winstron laptop button interface, used on
laptops of various brands, including Acer and Fujitsu-Siemens. If
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ config SCSI_3W_9XXX
config SCSI_7000FASST
tristate "7000FASST SCSI support"
depends on ISA && SCSI && ISA_DMA_API
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
help
This driver supports the Western Digital 7000 SCSI host adapter
family. Some information is in the source:
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ config SCSI_AHA152X
tristate "Adaptec AHA152X/2825 support"
depends on ISA && SCSI && !64BIT
select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
---help---
This is a driver for the AHA-1510, AHA-1520, AHA-1522, and AHA-2825
SCSI host adapters. It also works for the AVA-1505, but the IRQ etc.
@@ -583,6 +585,7 @@ config SCSI_DTC3280
tristate "DTC3180/3280 SCSI support"
depends on ISA && SCSI
select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
help
This is support for DTC 3180/3280 SCSI Host Adapters. Please read
the SCSI-HOWTO, available from
@@ -657,6 +660,7 @@ config SCSI_EATA_PIO
config SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN
tristate "Future Domain 16xx SCSI/AHA-2920A support"
depends on (ISA || PCI) && SCSI
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
---help---
This is support for Future Domain's 16-bit SCSI host adapters
(TMC-1660/1680, TMC-1650/1670, TMC-3260, TMC-1610M/MER/MEX) and
@@ -1324,6 +1328,7 @@ config SCSI_LPFC
config SCSI_SEAGATE
tristate "Seagate ST-02 and Future Domain TMC-8xx SCSI support"
depends on X86 && ISA && SCSI
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
---help---
These are 8-bit SCSI controllers; the ST-01 is also supported by
this driver. It is explained in section 3.9 of the SCSI-HOWTO,
@@ -1397,6 +1402,7 @@ config SCSI_T128
tristate "Trantor T128/T128F/T228 SCSI support"
depends on ISA && SCSI
select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
---help---
This is support for a SCSI host adapter. It is explained in section
3.11 of the SCSI-HOWTO, available from
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -138,4 +138,7 @@ config HAS_DMA
depends on !NO_DMA
default y
+config CHECK_SIGNATURE
+ bool
+
endmenu
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ CFLAGS_kobject_uevent.o += -DDEBUG
endif
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP) += iomap.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o check_signature.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE) += check_signature.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS) += locking-selftest.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK) += spinlock_debug.o
lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK) += rwsem-spinlock.o
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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