linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] TWL6040: fix build error

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2012 18:05:26 +0300
From:	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
CC:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonicro.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TWL6040: fix build error

Hi,

On 05/11/2012 05:03 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> It should be limited to the platforms where the hardware is available,
> so that coverage builds aren't needlessly spending cycles building
> stuff that can't possibly ever be used.  Also if it is limited to
> ARM, then we can't have an ARM bug like this one mask the x86_64
> allyesconfig build from uncovering possible errors that we really
> care about seeing.

The cleanest way to do this is to make the twl6040 MFD
(CONFIG_TWL6040_CORE) to depend on ARM (or on OMAP). That way none of
the drivers depending on it will got built on non ARM platforms.

-- 
Péter
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