linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] pwm: jz4740: Drop dependency on MACH

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Message-Id: <1565386860.2091.5@crapouillou.net>
Date:   Fri, 09 Aug 2019 23:40:59 +0200
From:   Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>, od@...c.me,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] pwm: jz4740: Drop dependency on MACH_INGENIC



Le ven. 9 août 2019 à 18:41, Uwe =?iso-8859-1?q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= 
<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> a écrit :
> On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 02:30:27PM +0200, Paul Cercueil wrote:
>>  Depending on MACH_INGENIC prevent us from creating a generic kernel 
>> that
>>  works on more than one MIPS board. Instead, we just depend on MIPS 
>> being
>>  set.
>> 
>>  Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
>>  ---
>>   drivers/pwm/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>>  diff --git a/drivers/pwm/Kconfig b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
>>  index d2557c6fcf65..82a75e0b72e5 100644
>>  --- a/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
>>  +++ b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
>>  @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ config PWM_IMX_TPM
>> 
>>   config PWM_JZ4740
>>   	tristate "Ingenic JZ47xx PWM support"
>>  -	depends on MACH_INGENIC
>>  +	depends on MIPS
> 
> If this isn't actually useful on MIPS without MACH_INGENIC this is
> better expressed using:
> 
> 	depends on MIPS
> 	depends on MACH_INGENIC || COMPILE_TEST
> 
> This way some configuring a mips kernel without INGENIC isn't bothered
> by this question.

As said in the commit message, it is useful on MIPS without 
MACH_INGENIC,
if you want to create a generic kernel that works on more than one MIPS
board.


> Best regards
> Uwe
> 
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