linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] input: misc: don't build m68kspkr when mach

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:15:46 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: misc: don't build m68kspkr when mach_beep is undefined

Hi Dmitry,

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 04:44:27PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
>> mach_beep is defined arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c which is compiled only
>> when MMU is selected.
>>
>> To avoid linking errors, make INPUT_M68K_BEEP depend on MMU.
>
> Hmm, can we maybe pull mach_beep from setup_mm.c to setup.c? MMU

Sounds OK to me. Greg?

> dependency seems to be artificial.

That's indeed artificial, it's really a platform dependency.
But currently these platforms (Amiga and Atari) do not support mmu-less
operation (yet).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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