linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: isl12026: drop obsolete dependency on COMPILE

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:47:51 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: isl12026: drop obsolete dependency on COMPILE_TEST

On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:43:59 +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.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] rtc: isl12026: drop obsolete dependency on COMPILE_TEST
      commit: 28e93c214af6af9f5a8d5d4d0de0e36668708a4b

Best regards,

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com