Re: [PATCH v10 5/6] spi: at91-usart: add driver for at91-usart as spi

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On 13/07/2018 12:56:22+0300, Radu Pirea wrote:
> 
> 
> On 07/10/2018 09:15 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 08:22:29PM +0300, Radu Pirea wrote:
> > 
> > This is mostly good, just a couple of small things:
> > 
> > > +config SPI_AT91_USART
> > > +	tristate "Atmel USART Controller SPI driver"
> > > +	depends on HAS_DMA
> > > +	depends on (ARCH_AT91 || COMPILE_TEST)
> > > +	select MFD_AT91_USART
> > 
> > Why is this selecting rather than depending on the MFD like we normally
> > do?
> > 
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> If I add depends instead of select, current defconfigs will be broken and
> the proper driver will not be selected. Like this, there is no required
> change in any defconfig. Selecting the serial or spi driver from menuconfig
> makes the MFD completely transparent.

I would say that this is true for the USART part but the SPI part can
use a depends on as it didn't exist before.


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