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

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Hello.

On 12/22/2015 4:13 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.

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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