linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] [media] Only descend into directory when CONFIG_MEDIA

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Date:   Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:42:16 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Lauro Ramos Venancio <lauro.venancio@...nbossa.org>,
        Aloisio Almeida Jr <aloisio.almeida@...nbossa.org>,
        Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] [media] Only descend into directory when CONFIG_MEDIA_SUPPORT is set

On Thursday, January 5, 2017 3:01:58 PM CET Andrew F. Davis wrote:
> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SERIO)         += input/serio/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GAMEPORT)         += input/gameport/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT)            += input/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_LIB)          += rtc/
> -obj-y                          += i2c/ media/
> +obj-y                          += i2c/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_MEDIA_SUPPORT)    += media/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PPS)              += pps/
>  obj-y                          += ptp/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_W1)               += w1/
> 

This one seems wrong: if CONFIG_MEDIA_SUPPORT=m, but some I2C drivers
inside of drivers/media/ are built-in, we will fail to enter the directory,
see drivers/media/Makefile.

I checked the other five patches in the series as well, they all look
ok to me.

	Arnd