linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 04/32] parport: PC style parport depends on HAS

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Date:   Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:14:07 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Nick Hu <nickhu@...estech.com>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Vincent Chen <deanbo422@...il.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-csky@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 04/32] parport: PC style parport depends on HAS_IOPORT

Hi Niklas,

On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 5:48 PM Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> In a future patch HAS_IOPORT=n will result in inb()/outb() and friends
> not being declared. As PC style parport uses these functions we need to
> handle this dependency for HAS_IOPORT.
>
> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/parport/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/parport/Kconfig
> @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ config ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
>
>  menuconfig PARPORT
>         tristate "Parallel port support"
> -       depends on HAS_IOMEM

Why drop this?
Don't all other parport drivers depend on it?

>         help
>           If you want to use devices connected to your machine's parallel port
>           (the connector at the computer with 25 holes), e.g. printer, ZIP

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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