linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] regmap: Move selecting for REGMAP_MDIO and REGMAP

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Message-ID: <5340db48-f7cb-4c81-ae2b-2fdd31694416@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 11:12:42 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Davis <afd@...com>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] regmap: Move selecting for REGMAP_MDIO and REGMAP_IRQ

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 09:17:22AM -0500, Andrew Davis wrote:
> If either REGMAP_IRQ or REGMAP_MDIO are set then REGMAP is also set.
> This then enables the selecting of IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from REGMAP
> based on the above two symbols respectively. This makes it very easy
> to end up with "circular dependencies".
> 
> Instead select the IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from the symbols that make
> use of them. This is almost equivalent to before but makes it less
> likely to end up with false circular dependency detections.

None of these selects should actually do anything since the symbols are
themselves selected?

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