linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 89/96] spi: SPI_FSL_DSPI should depend on HAS

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Date:   Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:41:14 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 89/96] spi: SPI_FSL_DSPI should depend on HAS_DMA

On Tue, 2017-11-28 at 11:23 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> 
> 
> [ Upstream commit dadab2d4e3cf708ceba22ecddd94aedfecb39199 ]
> 
> If NO_DMA=y:
> 
>     ERROR: "bad_dma_ops" [drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.ko] undefined!
> 
> Add a dependency on HAS_DMA to fix this.
[...]

This driver did not use DMA before 4.10, so I think this should be
reverted in the 4.4 and 4.9 branches.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Software Developer, Codethink Ltd.