netdev - Re: [PATCH] can: c_can_pci: limit compilation to archs with clock support

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Message-ID: <4FE1A1A1.3000105@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:10:41 +0200
From:	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-can@...r.kernel.org,
	federico.vaga@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: c_can_pci: limit compilation to archs with clock
 support

On 06/20/2012 11:54 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:48:08 +0200
> 
>> In commit:
>>
>>   5b92da0 c_can_pci: generic module for C_CAN/D_CAN on PCI
>>
>> the c_can_pci driver has been added. It uses clk_*() functions
>> unconditionally, resulting in a link error on archs without
>> clock support. This patch adds a "depends on HAVE_CLK" to the
>> Kconfig symbol.
> 
> This is an unreasonable change and I just explained why in my email to
> Frederico, did you not see it?

I send that mail before I received Frederico's and your Mail.

> He says that this driver was only tested on an architecture that
> currently doesn't even have clock support in any existing tree, and
> therefore completely relies upon local changes they have to add clock
> support to that platform.
> 
> Which means you're change is restricting compilation of this driver to
> platforms the driver was never, ever, tested on.
> 
> Can you see what a complete joke this is?

I think we finally can see the big picture now; I'm preparing a patch
which removes the clk_*() functions.

Marc

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