linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: davinci: remove test for undefined Kconfig macro

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Date:	Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:33:25 +0100
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: davinci: remove test for undefined Kconfig macro

[Dropped Kevin Hilman, because Kevin's address bounces.]

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 12:47 +0100, Paul Bolle wrote:
> The DaVinci debugging macro contains a check for
> CONFIG_DEBUG_DAVINCI_DA8XX_UART0. But there's corresponding Kconfig

                                  [...] there's no corresponding [...]

> symbol, so this test will always evaluate to false. That Kconfig symbol
> is not needed because, as __arch_decomp_setup() shows, there are no
> DaVinci DA8XX boards that use UART0 for debugging. We can remove two
> lines of unneeded code.


Paul Bolle

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