linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.26-rc4] add HAVE_CLK to Kconfig, for driver dependencies

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Date:	Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:54:15 +0200
From:	Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <felipebalbi@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.26-rc4] add HAVE_CLK to Kconfig, for driver
 dependencies

David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:
> From: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> 
> This patch flags platforms as HAVE_CLK (or not) in Kconfig,
> so that otherwise portable drivers which need those calls
> can list that dependency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Great idea! This will allow us to clean up some of the dependency mess
in the shared AVR32/AT91 drivers and get better compile-testing
coverage.

Acked-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
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