RE: [PATCH] usb: phy: msm: make it depend on RESET_CONTROLLER

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On Tue, 13 May 2014, Bird, Tim wrote:

> I don't think so.  I haven't tested, but I believe the driver now relies
> on operational (not stub) resets.  I think this comment is a bit off.
> I think it would be better to just say that the driver now depends on the
> reset sub-system, and thus needs the config dependency.
> 
> Maybe there's a case where the driver works fine even without
> the resets, but if so it's not obvious to me.
> 
> Out of curiosity - is this something that many sub-systems do:
> provide stubs for compilation, and support operating with or without
> real functionality.  This seems kind of odd.

Some subsystems do it when the functionality they provide is optional.  
Runtime PM is a good example.

Alan Stern

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