linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds: bcm63138: refer to ARCH_BCMBCA instead of ARCH

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Date:   Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:19:56 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>,
        Rafa?? Mi??ecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds: bcm63138: refer to ARCH_BCMBCA instead of
 ARCH_BCM4908

On Tue 2023-03-07 09:29:36, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Commit dd5c672d7ca9 ("arm64: bcmbca: Merge ARCH_BCM4908 to ARCH_BCMBCA")
> removes config ARCH_BCM4908 as config ARCH_BCMBCA has the same intent.
> 
> Probably due to concurrent development, commit a0ba692072d8 ("leds:
> bcm63138: add support for BCM63138 controller") introduces 'LED Support
> for Broadcom BCM63138 SoC' that depends on ARCH_BCM4908, but this use was
> not visible during the config refactoring from the commit above. Hence,
> these two changes create a reference to a non-existing config symbol.
> 
> Adjust the LEDS_BCM63138 definition to refer to ARCH_BCMBCA instead of
> ARCH_BCM4908 to remove the reference to the non-existing config symbol
> ARCH_BCM4908.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>

Do we really want this "default Y" on those architectures? I'd understand
it for something critical but LED is not, and if it is not even present on
all such machines...

BR,
									Pavel

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