linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5 v2] USB: regroup all depends on USB within an if USB block

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Message-ID: <20130403121503.GY25837@arwen.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:15:07 +0300
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
CC:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<arnd@...db.de>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5 v2] USB: regroup all depends on USB within an if USB
 block

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 02:11:13PM +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Le 04/02/13 20:06, Alan Stern a écrit :
> >On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >
> >>This patch removes the depends on USB from all config symbols in
> >>drivers/usb/host/Kconfig and replace that with an if USB / endif block
> >>as suggested by Alan Stern. Some source ... Kconfig lines have been
> >>shuffled around to permit a better regroupment of the Kconfig files
> >>depending on "config USB" item. No functionnal change is introduced.
> >
> >This looks almost right.  The only problem I see is in
> >drivers/usb/core/Kconfig.  The USB_OTG_WHITELIST and
> >USB_OTG_BLACKLIST_HUB symbols don't have to depend on USB or USB_OTG,
> >because they can be set if EXPERT is enabled.
> >
> >To avoid these issues, I think the best approach is to move all the
> >USB_OTG* entries over to drivers/usb/otg/Kconfig, where by rights they
> >should have been all along.
> >
> >Felipe, do you agree?
> 
> Make sense, I will make this a sixth patch to this serie if this
> sounds right with you?

Pleae don't. Look at my 'next' branch. I deleted drivers/usb/otg/
completely. OTG should be part of usbcore and I have plans of adding
generic (and optional) OTG hooks in there.

-- 
balbi

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