RE: [PATCH 05/11] omap3: Remove non-existent config option

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Felipe,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-omap-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-omap-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Felipe Contreras
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:56 AM
> To: Marathe, Yogesh
> Cc: Premi, Sanjeev; Tony Lindgren; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/11] omap3: Remove non-existent config option
> 
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Marathe, Yogesh <yogesh_marathe@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> When you merge iommu support, then either you enable
> >> CONFIG_MPU_BRIDGE_IOMMU unconditionally, or you apply this patch, but
> >> this patch alone will only break things.
> >
> > Any other driver which does not depend on bridge and interested in using
> iommu should get the handle when iommu_get("iva2") is called.
> 
> That's a hypothetical driver, right? The only driver that would ever
> be interested in the "iva2" iommu is tidspbridge, and this patch would
> brake it.
> 
> > It is not happening in original case. I think there should not be
> restrictions on other drivers to define un-related compile time define if
> they just want to use iommu driver. I feel the implementation that is
> breaking due to removal of this define should be fixed.
> 
> I couldn't parse that correctly. However, what's wrong with the
> proposal? Let's think about CONFIG_MPU_BRIDGE_IOMMU when the iommu
> patches come.
> 

Yogesh is coming from dsplink requirement to use iommu. I see his comment as why Bridge requirement should be imposed on other IPCs that need iommu.

Thank you,
Best regards,
Hari
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