linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: SPI_TI_QSPI should depend on HAS

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUs31Bq5SU5uMcmoRtPd7zpop18XYRF9mAOzJ8e62JHaQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 May 2017 12:21:33 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>, linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: SPI_TI_QSPI should depend on HAS_DMA

Hi Mark,

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:46:15AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>> > On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 09:37:18AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> >> If NO_DMA=y:
>
>> >>     ERROR: "bad_dma_ops" [drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.ko] undefined!
>
>> >> Add a dependency on HAS_DMA to fix this.
>
>> > There's no progress on fixing the architectures that don't do DMA to
>> > stub it out?  :(
>
>> Then it has to become "depends on HAS_DMA || COMPILE_TEST"?
>
> No, I was thinking more just not needing the dependency at all.

Then what's the point of the existence of COMPILE_TEST?
We can just have stubs for everything, and always build everything.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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