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Message-ID: <561EE5B1.40402@osg.samsung.com> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:30:57 +0100 From: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com> To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: kconfig: When possible, compile drivers with COMPILE_TEST On 14/10/15 23:42, James Bottomley wrote: > On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 22:13 +0100, Luis de Bethencourt wrote: >> These drivers only have runtime but no build time dependencies, so they can >> be built for testing purposes if the Kconfig COMPILE_TEST option is enabled. >> >> This is useful to have more build coverage and make sure that drivers are >> not affected by changes that could cause build regressions. > > I don't think I understand the purpose. If the object is to build a > load of old ISA drivers, why not just turn on CONFIG_ISA in the test > build? That's how I build test SCSI on my systems. > > James > > Hi James, The idea is that the more drivers are built with make allyesconfig, the better. I added COMPILE_TEST to all the drivers that can be built without having ISA, since they depend on runtime and not in build time. I understand your point, which raises the question of why isn't CONFIG_ISA set to Y in make allyesconfig. Would this be possible? Thanks for the review, Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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