linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/15] soc: add Ambarella driver

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Message-ID: <87pmb4qaby.wl-me@linux.beauty>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:24:49 +0800
From:   Li Chen <me@...ux.beauty>
To:     <Conor.Dooley@...rochip.com>
Cc:     <lchen@...arella.com>, <arnd@...db.de>, <heiko@...ech.de>,
        <lkundrak@...sk>, <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>, <sven@...npeter.dev>,
        <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>, <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        <hasegawa-hitomi@...itsu.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/15] soc: add Ambarella driver


Hi Conor.Dooley,

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 16:46:41 +0800,
<Conor.Dooley@...rochip.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> >>> +++ b/drivers/soc/ambarella/Makefile
> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> >>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> >>> +
> >>> +obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_AMBARELLA) += soc.o
> >>
> >> The subdirectory is already gated by this symbol, so is there much point
> >> gating it on the same one again?
> > 
> > Yeah, it lookgs kind of redundant now, but I will upstream other drivers after
> > this series get merged, which are not gated by this symbol.
> 
> You could make the directory by obj-y, and therefore always included,
> and have various drivers controlled by their own Kconfig symbols.
> 
> Or else, you could leave the directory controlled by ARCH_AMBARELLA
> and make the above `obj-y += soc.o` instead, since it's always
> going to be built if the directory is included.

Gotcha, I will fix it in v2. Thanks for your kindness!

Regards,
Li