Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] clocksource: add J-Core timer/clocksource driver

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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 03:25:42PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:31:26PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > > > --> System Type
> > > > 
> > > > That is what you are looking for, a SUPERH config option selecting all the
> > > > common options and then a JCORE config option adding the different missing
> > > > bits, namely the CLKSRC_JCORE_PIT.
> > > 
> > > We do have something like "system type" in arch/sh, and it's what I'm
> > > trying to deprecate since it's the switch to select between all the
> > > hard-coded board files, _or_ device tree.
> > > 
> > > Since part of the goal of my DT overhaul is to be able (but not
> > > forced) to produce kernels that run on a wide range of hardware,
> > > rather than having a "system type (select one)" option, what about
> > > individual boolean options like:
> > > 
> > > config JCORE_SOC
> > > 	bool "Support for J-Core SoCs"
> > > 	select CLKSRC_JCORE_PIT
> > > 	select JCORE_AIC
> > > 	...
> > 
> > I'm perfectly fine with this.
> 
> Does this adequately ensure that dependencies for the clocksource and
> irq driver are met? If not, what else do I need to do?

I've checked and it seems the dependencies are always met for arch/sh,
at least with device tree enabled (on which JCORE_SOC will depend), so
it shouldn't matter.

Rich
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