linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/3] pwm: davinci: Add Kconfig support for ECAP & EHRPWM devices

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Date:	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:54:08 +0000
From:	"Philip, Avinash" <avinashphilip@...com>
To:	"Nori, Sekhar" <nsekhar@...com>
CC:	"thierry.reding@...onic-design.de" <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com" 
	<davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	"Manjunathappa, Prakash" <prakash.pm@...com>,
	"devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org" 
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] pwm: davinci: Add Kconfig support for ECAP & EHRPWM
 devices

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 17:09:04, Nori, Sekhar wrote:
> On 3/14/2013 4:02 PM, Philip Avinash wrote:
> > Add EHRPWM and ECAP support build support for DAVINCI_DA850 platforms.
> > 
> > Also, since DAVINCI platforms doesn't support TI-PWM-Subsystem module,
> > remove the select option for CONFIG_PWM_TIPWMSS.
> > 
> > Also, update CONFIG_PWM_TIPWMSS compiler directive appropriately in
> > pwm-tipwmss.h to fix the below compiler error upon removal of
> > CONFIG_PWM_TIPWMSS for Davinci platforms.
> > 
> > 	drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c: In function 'ecap_pwm_probe':
> > 	drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c:263:4: error: 'PWMSS_ECAPCLK_EN' undeclared
> > 	(first use in this function)
> > 	drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c:263:4: note: each undeclared identifier
> > 	is reported only once for each function it appears in
> > 	drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c:264:17: error: 'PWMSS_ECAPCLK_EN_ACK'
> > 	undeclared (first use in this function)
> > 	drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c: In function 'ecap_pwm_remove':
> > 	drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c:291:49: error: 'PWMSS_ECAPCLK_STOP_REQ'
> > 	undeclared (first use in this function)
> > 	make[2]: *** [drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.o] Error 1
> > 	make[1]: *** [drivers/pwm] Error 2
> > 	make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Philip Avinash <avinashphilip@...com>
> 
> >  config  PWM_TIECAP
> >  	tristate "ECAP PWM support"
> > -	depends on SOC_AM33XX
> > -	select PWM_TIPWMSS
> > +	depends on SOC_AM33XX || ARCH_DAVINCI_DA850
> 
> Having such narrow dependencies is wrong. The same device is present on
> DaVinci DA830 too. A depends on should not be required at all since the
> driver should build on all architectures. But I have seen resistance to
> doing that since users don't like to see configuration options totally
> irrelevant for the architecture they are building for. So may be take a
> middle path and do 'depends on ARCH_ARM'?

I will add dependency only on ARCH_ARM and submit another version.

Thanks
Avinash

> 
> Thanks,
> Sekhar
>