On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 14:32:00 +0200 Rocco Folino <rocco.folino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 02:20:05PM +0200, Alban wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:14:35 +0200 > > Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 05:32:42PM +0200, Rocco Folino wrote: > > > > > > > Allow to choose devicetrees from Kconfig. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Rocco Folino <rocco.folino@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > I don't really see the point of this patch. Building the dtb doesn't > > take any significant time, so why add this extra complexity? > > Because you need to select the SoC type in order to enable some > drivers, for example on the AR9331 to use the serial you need the > CONFIG_SERIAL_AR933X which depends on the CONFIG_SOC_AR933X. Seeing as this driver is the only one that make use of CONFIG_SOC_AR933X I would prefer removing this dependency. It would also open the way to have the driver built in COMPILE_TEST. A few more fixes might be needed but that would be better than such a workaround. Alban
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