2013/6/13 David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > From: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:58:34 +0100 > > > 2013/6/13 David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> From: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:53:05 +0100 > >> > >>> +#ifdef BCMCPU_RUNTIME_DETECT > >> > >> I want the MIPS folks to fix this brain damange. > >> > >> This runtime detect thing is just a big mess in a header file > >> using hundreds of lines of CPP stuff to express what is fundamentally > >> a simple (albeit sizable) Kconfig dependency. > > > > The codebase supporting the Broadcom BCM63xx SoC supports about 6-7 > > You don't need to explain it to me, I read the code and understand > what it's trying to accomplish. > > I reject the implementation of it, only. > > > No, the ifdefs are kept in the arch/mips/bcm63xx portions of the code > > specifically for that reason. The driver just needs to take into account a > > new set of platform_data properties to deal with this. > > Fine, it's still terrible. We are in the slow process to switch to Device Tree to precisely eliminate all of this (although not everyone agrees yet on the details). Hopefully you should not see such things in the future. Thanks
