linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] iio: Change ISA_BUS

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdYznjnQDZ6Urti9a2DYdqzWs7w8vHnc7EKkJ+V31sBb8g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:14:24 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
Cc:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        LINUXWATCHDOG <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] iio: Change ISA_BUS_API dependency to selection

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 9:13 PM, William Breathitt Gray
<vilhelm.gray@...il.com> wrote:

> The ISA_BUS_API Kconfig option enables the compilation of the ISA bus
> driver. The ISA bus driver does not perform any hardware interaction,
> and is instead just a thin layer of software abstraction to eliminate
> boilerplate code common to ISA-style device drivers. Since ISA_BUS_API
> has no dependencies and does not jeopardize the integrity of the system
> when enabled, drivers should select it when the ISA bus driver
> functionality is needed.
>
> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
> Cc: Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>
> Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
> Cc: Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>

Patch applied to the GPIO tree for v4.17.

Yours,
Linus Walleij