linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: i2c/spi: Avoid inclusion of REGMAP support when not needed

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXRpKJNm6tFjccO67dQr=_Hc4rD1NmJzzrHPDEyja0R5w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:25:36 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: i2c/spi: Avoid inclusion of REGMAP support when not needed

Hi Joe,

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 7:36 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-01-12 at 18:13 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Merely enabling I2C and RTC selects REGMAP_I2C and REGMAP_SPI, even when
> > no driver needs it.  While the former can be moduler, the latter cannot,
> > and thus becomes built-in.
> >
> > Fix this by moving the select statements for REGMAP_I2C and REGMAP_SPI
> > from the RTC_I2C_AND_SPI helper to the individual drivers that depend on
> > it.
> >
> > Note that the comment for RTC_I2C_AND_SPI refers to SND_SOC_I2C_AND_SPI
> > for more information, but the latter does not select REGMAP_{I2C,SPI}
> > itself, and defers that to the individual drivers, too.
> >
> > Fixes: 080481f54ef62121 ("rtc: merge ds3232 and ds3234")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> > ---
> > Joe: When merging addresses, scripts/get_maintainer.pl replaces
> >      Alexandre's authoritative email address from MAINTAINERS by the
> >      obsolete address in the SoB-line of the commit referred to by the
> >      Fixes-line.
>
> Hi Geert
>
> What are you doing to get this changed output?

scripts/get_maintainer.pl
0001-rtc-i2c-spi-Avoid-inclusion-of-REGMAP-support-when-n.patch

> I get the same get_maintainer address output either way
> with only with the 'blamed_fixes:' content added.

Thanks, I can confirm it's fixed in next-20200110.
With v5.5-rc6, it still gives the old addresss.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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