linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: s3c64xx: Remove pointless NULL check in s3c64xx_cpufreq_driver

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Date:   Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:59:23 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: s3c64xx: Remove pointless NULL check in
 s3c64xx_cpufreq_driver_init

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 09:54:17AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 05:36:56PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 09:26:28AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 11:43:04AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> > > > The driver should also have supported s3c6400 as well.

> > > Kconfig says otherwise, unless I am missing something.

> > Note the XX in the config option.

> But what about the depends and the help text?

Viresh asked why the driver was written with s3c6410 support optional.
I explained that the reason that it was written this way was to
accomodate s3c6400 support.

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