linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: sp804: Make user selectable

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Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 11:06:12 +0100
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	David Abdurachmanov <david.abdurachmanov@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ross Burton <ross.burton@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: sp804: Make user selectable

On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 06:44:41PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> The sp804 is currently only user selectable if COMPILE_TEST, this was
> done by commit dfc82faad725 ("clocksource/drivers/sp804: Add
> COMPILE_TEST to CONFIG_ARM_TIMER_SP804") in order to avoid it being
> spuriously offered on platforms that won't have the hardware since it's
> generally only seen on Arm based platforms.  This config is overly
> restrictive, while platforms that rely on the SP804 do select it in
> their Kconfig there are others such as the Arm fast models which have a
> SP804 available but currently unused by Linux.  Relax the dependency to
> allow it to be user selectable on arm and arm64 to avoid surprises and
> in case someone comes up with a use for extra timer hardware.
>
> Fixes: dfc82faad725 ("clocksource/drivers/sp804: Add COMPILE_TEST to CONFIG_ARM_TIMER_SP804")
> Reported-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@....com>

Thanks for the quick fix Mark!

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>

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Regards,
Sudeep