linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 5/6] x86: add CONFIG_ARM

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Message-ID: <4FF1E37D.7050103@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:07:57 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, giancarlo.asnaghi@...com,
	alan@...ux.intel.com, linux@....linux.org.uk, x86@...nel.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 5/6] x86: add CONFIG_ARM_AMBA, selected by STA2X11

On 07/02/2012 11:05 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 04:58:27PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
>> Also, in many cases it's possible to say specifically what some code depends
>> on. E.g. if a driver uses clk_get/clk_put, it should depend on CLKDEV_LOOKUP,
>> not on !X86.
> 
> Or we could get the stubs merged, or x86 could enable the clock API...
> 

If there is a dependency there it should be registered, regardless if
x86 enables the clock API.

Last I saw I saw a patch to that effect, asked what the benefit was, and
got no answer.

	-hpa


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