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Date:   Wed, 3 Aug 2022 19:08:22 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Talel Shenhar <talel@...zon.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal: Drop obsolete dependency on COMPILE_TEST

On 03/08/2022 19:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 2:13 PM Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:
>>
>> Since commit 0166dc11be91 ("of: make CONFIG_OF user selectable"), it
>> is possible to test-build any driver which depends on OF on any
>> architecture by explicitly selecting OF. Therefore depending on
>> COMPILE_TEST as an alternative is no longer needed.
>>
>> It is actually better to always build such drivers with OF enabled,
>> so that the test builds are closer to how each driver will actually be
>> built on its intended target. Building them without OF may not test
>> much as the compiler will optimize out potentially large parts of the
>> code. In the worst case, this could even pop false positive warnings.
>> Dropping COMPILE_TEST here improves the quality of our testing and
>> avoids wasting time on non-existent issues.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
>> Cc: Talel Shenhar <talel@...zon.com>
>> Cc: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
>> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> 
> Daniel, I can pick up this one if that's OK.  Any concerns?

No concerns, I'm fine with it

Thanks

>> ---
>>   drivers/thermal/Kconfig |    4 ++--
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> --- linux-5.18.orig/drivers/thermal/Kconfig     2022-05-22 21:52:31.000000000 +0200
>> +++ linux-5.18/drivers/thermal/Kconfig  2022-07-31 13:51:55.009394318 +0200
>> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ config THERMAL_EMULATION
>>
>>   config THERMAL_MMIO
>>          tristate "Generic Thermal MMIO driver"
>> -       depends on OF || COMPILE_TEST
>> +       depends on OF
>>          depends on HAS_IOMEM
>>          help
>>            This option enables the generic thermal MMIO driver that will use
>> @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ config SPRD_THERMAL
>>
>>   config KHADAS_MCU_FAN_THERMAL
>>          tristate "Khadas MCU controller FAN cooling support"
>> -       depends on OF || COMPILE_TEST
>> +       depends on OF
>>          depends on MFD_KHADAS_MCU
>>          select MFD_CORE
>>          select REGMAP
>>
>> --
>> Jean Delvare
>> SUSE L3 Support


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