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| From | Alban <albeu@free.fr> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection |
| Date | 2017-09-06 15:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <umIIF-2qh-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ufRxn-5DE-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <umGxd-Yr-41@gated-at.bofh.it> <umHCW-1G1-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <umHMD-1JN-25@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 14:32:00 +0200 Rocco Folino <rocco.folino@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 02:20:05PM +0200, Alban wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:14:35 +0200 > > Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 05:32:42PM +0200, Rocco Folino wrote: > > > > > > > Allow to choose devicetrees from Kconfig. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Rocco Folino <rocco.folino@gmail.com> > > > > I don't really see the point of this patch. Building the dtb doesn't > > take any significant time, so why add this extra complexity? > > Because you need to select the SoC type in order to enable some > drivers, for example on the AR9331 to use the serial you need the > CONFIG_SERIAL_AR933X which depends on the CONFIG_SOC_AR933X. Seeing as this driver is the only one that make use of CONFIG_SOC_AR933X I would prefer removing this dependency. It would also open the way to have the driver built in COMPILE_TEST. A few more fixes might be needed but that would be better than such a workaround. Alban
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Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> - 2017-09-06 13:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection Rocco Folino <rocco.folino@gmail.com> - 2017-09-06 14:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection Alban <albeu@free.fr> - 2017-09-06 14:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection Rocco Folino <rocco.folino@gmail.com> - 2017-09-06 14:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection Alban <albeu@free.fr> - 2017-09-06 15:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection Rocco Folino <rocco.folino@gmail.com> - 2017-09-06 16:10 +0200
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