linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pwm,renesas-tpu: Add dependency on HAS

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Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:12:44 +0100
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pwm,renesas-tpu: Add dependency on HAS_IOMEM

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 03:06:31PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
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> Am 26.02.2014 13:08, schrieb Thierry Reding:
> > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 01:45:18PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> >> On archs like S390 or um this driver cannot build nor work. Make it depend on HAS_IOMEM to bypass build failures.
> >> 
> >> drivers/built-in.o: In function `tpu_probe': drivers/pwm/pwm-renesas-tpu.c:421: undefined reference to `devm_ioremap_resource'
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> --- drivers/pwm/Kconfig | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > In the long run I think it might be better to add a dummy implementation for devm_ioremap_resource() in order to make it build properly even for architectures where it isn't
> > implemented.
> 
> And what should devm_ioremap_resource() or in general ioremap() do on archs without
> iomem?
> BUG()? Returning a random error and hoping that the driver handles it correctly? :)
> 
> IMHO such a dummy implementation does not make much sense.

Well, it could still be useful for drivers that want to support
COMPILE_TEST. If we just make it return any error drivers should simply
refuse to probe just like if the error was genuine.

Thierry

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