linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] tty: serial: make SERIAL_SPRD not depend on ARCH

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Date:   Fri, 6 Mar 2020 13:41:11 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chunyan Zhang <chunyan.zhang@...soc.com>,
        "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        Baolin Wang <baolin.wang7@...il.com>,
        Orson Zhai <orsonzhai@...il.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tty: serial: make SERIAL_SPRD not depend on ARCH_SPRD

Hi Chunyan,

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:33 AM Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Chunyan Zhang <chunyan.zhang@...soc.com>
>
> Remove the dependency with ARCH_SPRD from sprd serial/console Kconfig-s,
> since we want them can be built-in when ARCH_SPRD is set as 'm'.

Why would you want a serial driver for a specific platform to be builtin,
while all other platform support is modular?

> Signed-off-by: Chunyan Zhang <chunyan.zhang@...soc.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> index 52eaac21ff9f..2b9addc0afb5 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> @@ -1452,7 +1452,6 @@ config SERIAL_MEN_Z135
>
>  config SERIAL_SPRD
>         tristate "Support for Spreadtrum serial"
> -       depends on ARCH_SPRD
>         select SERIAL_CORE
>         help
>           This enables the driver for the Spreadtrum's serial.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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