linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty/serial: fix config dependencies for samsung serial

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Date:	Wed, 3 Sep 2014 13:51:56 +0530
From:	Naveen Krishna Ch <naveenkrishna.ch@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <ch.naveen@...sung.com>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty/serial: fix config dependencies for samsung serial

Hi Arnd,

On 2 September 2014 21:16, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 September 2014 20:52:00 Naveen Krishna Chatradhi wrote:
>> Make the config symbols SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4 and
>> SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS depend on SERIAL_SAMSUNG rather than
>> PLAT_SAMSUNG.
>
> Please always describe why you are doing a change. This patch
> seems really pointless.

The SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4 and SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS config options are
meaningful only if SERIAL_SAMSUNG is enabled. Hence the dependency
rules were changed. I will repost this patch with better description.

>
>>  config SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4
>>         bool
>> -       depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
>> +       depends on SERIAL_SAMSUNG
>>         default y if !(CPU_S3C2410 || CPU_S3C2412 || CPU_S3C2440 || CPU_S3C2442)
>>         help
>>           Internal node for the common case of 4 Samsung compatible UARTs
>>
>>  config SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS
>>         int
>> -       depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
>> +       depends on SERIAL_SAMSUNG
>>         default 4 if SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4 || CPU_S3C2416
>>         default 3
>>         help
>>
>
> Have you checked that it still builds on all samsung platforms when
> SERIAL_SAMSUNG is disabled? We have had build errors in this area
> in the past.

Yes, it builds for other Samsung platforms.

>
>         Arnd

Thanks.

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