linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: stmpe-ts - drop obsolete dependency on COMPILE

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:20:08 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: stmpe-ts - drop obsolete dependency on
 COMPILE_TEST

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 02:52:03PM +0100, Jean Delvare 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: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Applied, thank you.

-- 
Dmitry