linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/sprd: Fix Kconfig dependency

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Date:   Mon, 7 May 2018 16:06:18 +0800
From:   Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Chunyan Zhang <chunyan.zhang@...eadtrum.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...eadtrum.com>,
        Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@...eadtrum.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/sprd: Fix Kconfig dependency

On 7 May 2018 at 15:49, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 02:04:38PM +0800, Chunyan Zhang wrote:
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> On 7 May 2018 at 13:51, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
>> > On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 08:27:32PM +0800, Chunyan Zhang wrote:
>> >> SPRD arch doesn't select SPRD_TIMER, so this config would not
>> >> appear even if ARCH_SPRD is set and COMPILE_TEST is not.
>> >>
>> >> Fix the Kconfig selection rule by letting the SPRD arch to select.
>> >
>> > Instead of changing this Kconfig, please fix the arch's Kconfig by selecting
>> > SPRD_TIMER.
>>
>> Oh, that's not my expectation, I hope we can give users permission of
>> not selecting SPRD TIMER driver even if SPRD arch is selected. (I can
>> confirm that all Spreadtrum's platforms in mainline can work without
>> this driver. An enough minimum workable system doesn't need this
>> driver indeed.)
>
> Ok, can you add the EXPERT option in addition to the bool like:

Sure, that makes more sense indeed :)

Thanks for the review,
Chunyan

>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/3/897
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
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