linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: ixp4xx: select TIMER

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jan 2021 23:33:48 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>,
        Imre Kaloz <kaloz@...nwrt.org>,
        Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@...p.pl>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: ixp4xx: select TIMER_OF when needed

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 3:00 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> Compile-testing the ixp4xx timer with CONFIG_OF enabled but
> CONFIG_TIMER_OF disabled leads to a harmless warning:
>
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-ixp4xx.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'
>
> Move the select statement from the platform code into the driver
> so it always gets enabled in configurations that rely on it.
>
> Fixes: 40df14cc5cc0 ("clocksource/drivers/ixp4xx: Add OF initialization support")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

That's a nice fix!
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij