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Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver

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Hello.

On 12/23/2015 05:17 AM, Chanwoo Choi wrote:

>>>>>>> This patch depend on GPIOLIB configuration as following:
>>>>>>> I modified it with following diff and applied it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/Kconfig b/drivers/extcon/Kconfig
>>>>>>> index ba4db7d..3d89e60 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/extcon/Kconfig
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/extcon/Kconfig
>>>>>>> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ config EXTCON_MAX14577
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      config EXTCON_MAX3355
>>>>>>>             tristate "Maxim MAX3355 USB OTG EXTCON Support"
>>>>>>> +       depends on GPIOLIB || COMPILE_TEST
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       If it won't compile w/o gpiolib, what's the use of COMIPLE_TEST?
>>>>>>       And no, it shouldn't depend on gpiolib. It has empty stubs for the case of CONFIG_GPIOLIB=n. Obviously something is wrong with the GPIO headers, I'll look into it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. When GPIOLIB is disabled, the build issue don't happen.
>>>>
>>>>      What? It surely does happen!
>>>
>>> hmm....
>>> Sure. you need to check the include/linux/gpio/consumer.h.
>>>
>>> Because of build error happen, you miss to include the "linux/gpio/consumer.h"
>>> header file in extcon-max3355.c. Please test it for enough time.
>>
>>     Yes, with this file #include'd, it build fine now.
>>
>>>>> because include/linux/gpio/consumer.h implement the dummy function
>>>>> for all gpio functions if CONFIG_GPIOLIB is disabled.
>>>>
>>>>      Linus W. advised to #include this header explicitly -- I'll try and post.
>>>
>>> Don't necessary. I already updated it including the "include/linux/gpio/consumer.h".
>>
>>     I saw that, yes.
>>
>>>>> For correct operation of max3355, you should add the dependency
>>>>> to the extcon-max3355.c driver. This driver use the GPIO library
>>>>> certainly.
>>>>
>>>>      I disagree. The driver will just cease to load in this case. I don't see why we need such dependency. Only compilation time dependencies should be
>>>> specified, I think.
>>>
>>> This driver have to depend on GPIOLIB.
>>> Why are you disagreeing the COMPILE_TEST dependency? It is just compile test
>>> without anything.
>>
>>     I agree now. I still disagree about the gpiolib dependency though.
>
> If gpiolib is disabled, extcon-max3355.c might not operate it correctly.

    It'll just fail the probe, that's all.

> Just this driver could be built without operation because gpiolib function
> will not do the any behavior.

    devm_gpiod_get() will just fail with -ENOSYS.

> I think that it is not too much problem. I should send the pull request within this week.
> If you want to need more discussion of extcon-max3355.c,
> I will not include it on pull request for v4.5 because there is issue.

    No, please include it into the pull request.

MBR, Sergei

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[PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-19 00:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Chanwoo Choi <cwchoi00@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 15:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-20 18:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com> - 2015-12-21 03:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-21 12:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-21 20:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com> - 2015-12-22 02:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-22 12:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com> - 2015-12-23 03:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v5] extcon: add Maxim MAX3355 driver Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-23 21:00 +0100

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