linux-kernel - Re: mtd: add arch dependency for MTD

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Message-Id: <20160719181717.DFF5161267@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:17:17 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org (open list:MEMORY TECHNOLOGY DEVICES
	(MTD)), linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: Re: mtd: add arch dependency for MTD_BCM47XXSFLASH symbol

Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> We dropped strict MIPS dependency for bcm47xxsflash driver in:
> commit 5651d6aaf489 ("mtd: bcm47xxsflash: use ioremap_cache() instead of
> KSEG0ADDR()") but using ioremap_cache still limits building it to few
> selected architectures only.
> 
> A recent commit 57d8f7dd2132 ("bcma: allow enabling serial flash support
> on non-MIPS SoCs") automatically dropped MIPS dependency for
> MTD_BCM47XXSFLASH which broke building e.g. on powerpc and cris.
> 
> The bcma change is alright as it doesn't break building bcma code in any
> way. MTD_BCM47XXSFLASH on the other hand should be limited to archs
> which need it and can build it (by providing ioremap_cache).
> 
> Fixes: 57d8f7dd2132 ("bcma: allow enabling serial flash support on non-MIPS SoCs")
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
> Cc: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>

Thanks, 1 patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git:

efacc699139e mtd: add arch dependency for MTD_BCM47XXSFLASH symbol

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