linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu/omap: Fix build error with !IOMMU

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Message-ID: <20110915104524.GY11701@amd.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:45:24 +0200
From:	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>
To:	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>
CC:	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/omap: Fix build error with !IOMMU_SUPPORT

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 02:57:13PM -0400, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com> wrote:
> > Without this patch it is possible to select the VIDEO_OMAP3
> > driver which then selects OMAP_IOVMM. But the omap iommu
> > driver is not compiled without IOMMU_SUPPORT enabled. Fix
> > that by forcing OMAP_IOMMU and OMAP_IOVMM are enabled before
> > VIDEO_OMAP3 can be selected.
> 
> I'm ok with this but wouldn't it be simpler if we drop IOMMU_SUPPORT
> altogether (and just use a plain menu instead) ?
> 
> Users will then be presented with only a single iommu-related
> question: whether they want their iommu driver built or not.

This doesn't work on platforms that may have more than one possible
iommu driver, like x86 for example.

	Joerg

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