linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/15] chipidea: Allow user to select PCI/IMX options

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Message-ID: <519C8704.6060901@suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 22 May 2013 10:51:16 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	jirislaby@...il.com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/15] chipidea: Allow user to select PCI/IMX options

On 05/16/2013 11:36 AM, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> The benefit from compiling it on non-arm (or non-imx) architectures for
> me is compilation testing. We don't have a whole lot of architectures
> with CONFIG_OF so it's nice to give it a stretch.

Yes, the newly added COMPILE_TEST config option will do the job. Stay
tuned...

> If you really want to save space in your rpm package, I would suggest
> you add a condition to Makefile (ifeq ($(ARCH),arm) or something like
> that) instead of a Kconfig option. I would prefer at least to avoid the
> unnecessary kconfig option creep.

Uhuh, why should *users* patch the kernel prior building it with
allmodconfig? We do not want to carry *any* patches with our kernels.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs
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