linux-kernel - Re: Run-time dependencies for STE Modem remoteproc driver

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:24:00 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dmitry Tarnyagin <dmitry.tarnyagin@...kless.no>,
	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>
Subject: Re: Run-time dependencies for STE Modem remoteproc driver

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:
> Hi Linus,
>
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:21:17 +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:
>>
>> > This brings the question: on which architectures / platforms is the STE
>> > Modem remoteproc driver needed?
>>
>> NONE.
>
> Hm, OK :D So I will disable this driver in all our kernels. Maybe this
> should be mentioned in the Kconfig help text?
>
> Still, I suppose that the driver had an intended target, maybe we can
> use that as a run-time dependency? Or should we just make the driver
> depend on COMPILE_TEST?

Yeah that sounds like a pretty good idea actually, as we shouldn't
just delete it.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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