linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: sirf: add reset controller dependency

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Message-ID: <20150219094155.GA3198@finisterre.sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:41:55 +0900
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Barry Song <Baohua.Song@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: sirf: add reset controller dependency

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 04:29:10PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> The adds a dependency in Kconfig to prevent it from being selected
> if the resets are not available.

Why is this a better fix than making the reset controller API stub
itself out?  It's probably not such a big deal here but for devices that
could be integrated into SoCs with and without reset controllers it
seems like we might want that.

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