linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] 8250_hp300: Fix warning typo 'CONFIG

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWTyQDJZ2LuQfdyH1U5SMFKu6YPPqnxwJdDQyoCkJqk=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:32:51 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] 8250_hp300: Fix warning typo 'CONFIG_8250'

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:34, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 10:26 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Paul Bolle wrote:
>> > 1) If SERIAL_8250_HP300 is set but neither HPDCA nor HPAPCI are set we
>> > end up with an elaborate nop, don't we? Initialization should always
>> > fail in that case. So effectively SERIAL_8250_HP300 depends on HPDCA
>> > and/or HPAPCI. Was there perhaps some problem in translating that
>> > dependency into a Kconfig dependency?
>
> [...]
>
>> > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250_hp300.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250_hp300.c
>> > @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>> >  #include "8250.h"
>> >
>> >  #if !defined(CONFIG_HPDCA) && !defined(CONFIG_HPAPCI)
>> > -#warning CONFIG_8250 defined but neither CONFIG_HPDCA nor CONFIG_HPAPCI defined, are you sure?
>> > +#warning CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 defined but neither CONFIG_HPDCA nor CONFIG_HPAPCI defined, are you sure?
>> >  #endif
>>
>> What is the point of this warning anyway? Shouldn't everything necessary
>> be taken care of by Kconfig rules?
>
> That's exactly what I'm trying to find out with my questions (aimed at
> the m68k people, see 1) above).

I already had that on my todo list...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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