From: Jakub Bogusz <qboosh@pld-linux.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: i2c on alpha - used but not available in 2.6.3
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:18:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040226111830.GG19602@gruby.cs.net.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040226105737.A17579@infradead.org>
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:57:37AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:53:57AM +0100, Jakub Bogusz wrote:
> > - beside drivers/i2c there was no drivers/misc and drivers/telephony in
> > alpha/Kconfig - was this intentional or accidental?
> >
> > drivers/misc currently contains only IBM_ASM, which looks like some
> > hardware-specific driver - maybe it should be available only on some
> > arch(s)?
>
> drivers/misc/ is empty here, and until we have some policy decision it
> should stay that way. What tree do you look at?
Uh, haven't noticed this comes from IBM-RAS patches in distribution tree.
OK, so drivers/misc doesn't make any difference for now.
> > - on alpha drivers/parport was placed in "System setup" menu - but
> > I suppose it can be moved to standard location without problems
>
> Yes.
>
> > - drivers/message/fusion was included only conditionaly, depending on
> > PCI option (in drivers/Kconfig it's unconditional).
> > If message/fusion requires PCI, maybe it should have "depends on PCI"
> > in its Kconfig?
>
> Yes, this is probably worth fixing.
OK, added the change to patch.
So is this patch correct now and would be accepted to Linux 2.6 tree?
--
Jakub Bogusz http://cyber.cs.net.pl/~qboosh/
PLD Team http://www.pld-linux.org/
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--- linux-2.6.3/arch/alpha/Kconfig.orig 2004-02-24 11:07:49.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.3/arch/alpha/Kconfig 2004-02-26 11:13:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -596,51 +596,12 @@
source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
-source "drivers/parport/Kconfig"
-
endmenu
-source "drivers/base/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/mtd/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/pnp/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/block/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/md/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/ide/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/scsi/Kconfig"
-
-if PCI
-source "drivers/message/fusion/Kconfig"
-endif
-
-source "drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig"
-
-source "net/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/isdn/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/cdrom/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/input/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/char/Kconfig"
-
-#source drivers/misc/Config.in
-source "drivers/media/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/Kconfig"
source "fs/Kconfig"
-source "drivers/video/Kconfig"
-
-source "sound/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/usb/Kconfig"
-
source "arch/alpha/oprofile/Kconfig"
menu "Kernel hacking"
--- linux-2.6.3/drivers/message/fusion/Kconfig.orig 2004-02-18 04:59:59.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.3/drivers/message/fusion/Kconfig 2004-02-26 12:11:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
config FUSION
tristate "Fusion MPT (base + ScsiHost) drivers"
- depends on BLK_DEV_SD
+ depends on BLK_DEV_SD && PCI
---help---
LSI Logic Fusion(TM) Message Passing Technology (MPT) device support
provides high performance SCSI host initiator, and LAN [1] interface
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-26 11:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-25 16:08 Jakub Bogusz
2004-02-25 16:14 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-02-26 10:53 ` Jakub Bogusz
2004-02-26 10:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-02-26 11:18 ` Jakub Bogusz [this message]
2004-02-26 11:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
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