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Message-ID: <20080627174441.GB4306@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:44:41 +0300
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>,
Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
kernel@...32linux.org, "Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] dmaengine: Make DMA Engine menu visible for
AVR32 users
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 09:37:21AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> On Thursday 26 June 2008, Dan Williams wrote:
> > I agree with removing the arch dependency, and I do not think we
> > necessarily need to add HAVE_DMA_ENGINE.
>
> I think a HAVE_DMA_ENGINE would be better than what you're doing
> below: moving the arch dependency into the network code, and
> adding this !HIGHMEM64G thing (which is really just a more subtle
> arch dependency).
>...
The only effect of the HAVE_DMA_ENGINE would be to not show an empty
kconfig menu.
That's IMHO too much effort for a purely cosmetical kconfig issue.
And I speak as the one who originally added the arch dependency...
cu
Adrian
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