linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcma: Add dependency on OF

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Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:24:53 +1100
From:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	sparclinux <sparclinux@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcma: Add dependency on OF_ADDRESS

Hi,

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 4:21 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 07:15:32PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>> On 10/09/14 18:54, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>> >On 9 October 2014 18:41, Guenter Roeck<linux@...ck-us.net>  wrote:
>> >>Commit 2101e533f41a ("bcma: register bcma as device tree driver")
>> >>introduces a hard dependency on OF_ADDRESS into the bcma driver.
>> >>OF_ADDRESS is specifically disabled for the sparc architecture.
>> >>This results in the following error when building sparc64:allmodconfig.
>>
>> Does this mean on sparc (using allmodconfig) you will get CONFIG_OF
>> and !CONFIG_OF_ADDRESS? Does that makes sense?
>>
>
> You tell me. From drivers/of/Kconfig:
>
> config OF_ADDRESS
>         def_bool y
>         depends on !SPARC
>         select OF_ADDRESS_PCI if PCI
>
> Presumably there is a reason to disable OF_ADDRESS for sparc.

Why not ask the sparclinux list? (CC'd)

Thanks,

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