Re: [PATCH v2 06/21] fpga: Remove depends on HAS_DMA in case of platform dependency

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On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:04 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Geert,

> Hi Alan,
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Alan Tull <atull@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This essentially removes this commit
>>
>> commit 1c8cb409491403036919dd1c6b45013dc8835a44
>> Author: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date:   Wed Aug 3 13:45:46 2016 -0700
>>
>>     drivers/fpga/Kconfig: fix build failure
>>
>>     While building m32r allmodconfig the build is failing with the error:
>>
>>       ERROR: "bad_dma_ops" [drivers/fpga/zynq-fpga.ko] undefined!
>>
>>     Xilinx Zynq FPGA is using DMA but there was no dependency while
>>     building.
>>
>>     Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464346526-13913-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx
>>     Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     Acked-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@xxxxxxxxx>
>>     Cc: Alan Tull <atull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Yes it does. The major change is that the first (core) series introduces
> all needed dummies to do successful compile-testing on NO_DMA=y platforms.

OK yes, I looked at the first patch that does the fix.  Looks good.
Thanks for doing this.

>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Acked-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alan Tull <atull@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Alan

>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds
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