Re: [PATCH] comedi: Fix driver module dependencies since HAS_IOPORT changes

[Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>]

On Mon, 2023-09-04 at 11:10 +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 03/09/2023 16:49, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 1, 2023, at 15:26, Ian Abbott wrote:
> > > Commit b5c75b68b7de ("comedi: add HAS_IOPORT dependencies") changed the
> > > "select" directives to "depend on" directives for several config
> > > stanzas, but the options they depended on could not be selected,
> > > breaking previously selected options.
> > 
---8<---
> > > @@ -735,8 +738,8 @@ config COMEDI_ADL_PCI9111
> > > 
> > >   config COMEDI_ADL_PCI9118
> > >   	tristate "ADLink PCI-9118DG, PCI-9118HG, PCI-9118HR support"
> > > +	depends on HAS_IOPORT
> > >   	depends on HAS_DMA
> > > -	depends on COMEDI_8254
> > >   	help
> > >   	  Enable support for ADlink PCI-9118DG, PCI-9118HG, PCI-9118HR cards
> > 
> > I don't see why you'd remove the 'depends on COMEDI_8254' here
> > rather than turning it back into 'select' as it was originally.
> 
> Oops!  That's an error on my part.  Thanks for catching it!
> 
> > 
> > It might be easier to revert the original patch, and then follow
> > up with a fixed version.
> 
> Will any random config builds break in 6.5 stable if the original patch 
> is reverted, or is the 'HAS_IOPORT' stuff still in preparation for 
> future use?
> 

The patch that finally compile-time disables I/O port accesses as well
as a few others are still not merged. I was away for a few weeks and
also still have a few todos. I also and found a few things needed for
new changes. So no a revert will not break compiles or anything like
that.

Thanks,
Niklas