linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 09/43] clocksource: ep93xx: Add driver for Cirrus Logic EP93xx

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Date:   Sun, 4 Jun 2023 22:24:55 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Nikita Shubin <nikita.shubin@...uefel.me>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Michael Peters <mpeters@...eddedts.com>,
        Kris Bahnsen <kris@...eddedts.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 09/43] clocksource: ep93xx: Add driver for Cirrus Logic EP93xx

On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 8:19 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 3, 2023, at 22:06, andy.shevchenko@...il.com wrote:
> > Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 08:34:00AM +0300, Nikita Shubin kirjoitti:
> >> This us a rewrite of EP93xx timer driver in
> >> arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/timer-ep93xx.c trying to do everything
> >> the device tree way:
> >>
> >> - Make every IO-access relative to a base address and dynamic
> >>   so we can do a dynamic ioremap and get going.
> >> - Find register range and interrupt from the device tree.
> >
> > ...
> >
> >> +config EP93XX_TIMER
> >> +    bool "Cirrus Logic ep93xx timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
> >
> > This is strange. What do you gain with this "if COMPILE_TEST"?
>
> This ensures the driver is compiled in an x86 allmodconfig,
> like most other clocksource drivers, but it's hidden on
> all other configs without EP93xx support.

This is cool!

> As long as the platform selects it, this is the normal
> way to add a clocksource driver.

Shall we now require this format of COMPILE_TEST for all new code
(which is selectable)?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko