From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Matias Bjorling <mb@lightnvm.io>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] lightnvm: Remove depends on HAS_DMA in case of platform dependency
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:07:26 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <137ed21c-420f-6593-b969-f57df59ece94@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180622110535.31796-1-geert@linux-m68k.org>
On 6/22/18 5:05 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Remove dependencies on HAS_DMA where a Kconfig symbol depends on another
> symbol that implies HAS_DMA, and, optionally, on "|| COMPILE_TEST".
> In most cases this other symbol is an architecture or platform specific
> symbol, or PCI.
>
> Generic symbols and drivers without platform dependencies keep their
> dependencies on HAS_DMA, to prevent compiling subsystems or drivers that
> cannot work anyway.
>
> This simplifies the dependencies, and allows to improve compile-testing.
Applied, thanks.
--
Jens Axboe
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2018-06-22 11:05 Geert Uytterhoeven
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