linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: ABX500_CORE should depend on ARCH

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Date:   Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:01:45 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: ABX500_CORE should depend on ARCH_U8500

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 2:37 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:

> The ST-Ericsson ABX500 Mixed Signal IC family chips are only present on
> ST-Ericsson U8500 Series platforms.  Hence add a dependency on
> ARCH_U8500, to prevent asking the user about this driver when
> configuring a kernel without U8500 support.
>
> Also, merely enabling CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST should not enable additional
> code, and thus should not enable this driver by default.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Very nice. Good catch!
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij