linux-kernel - Re: [patch -linus] regmap: REMAP_IRQ should select IRQ

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Message-ID: <20120523173342.GB4064@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 May 2012 18:33:43 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch -linus] regmap: REMAP_IRQ should select IRQ_DOMAIN itself

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 08:51:39AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Multi-level pure selects *should* work correctly. So you can select
> stuff that then in turn selects other stuff - and that should all be
> fine.

They're supposed to, and mostly do, but there's been some fragility
there.  That said there's not been anything recently, perhaps I just got
hit with fallout from some development that was going on.

> It's *dependencies* that do not work.

Right, and nor are they supposed to since it's not clear what they
should do.  That's a completely different thing.

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