Re: [PATCH 17/18] spi: s3c64xx: Always select S3C64XX_PL080 whenARCH_S3C64XX is enabled

From: Mark Brown
Date: Mon Aug 12 2013 - 06:08:05 EST


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 01:03:19AM +0200, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> On Sunday 11 of August 2013 20:11:40 Mark Brown wrote:

> > Do we need the select here (or should we have other selects for the
> > Exynos SoCs)?

> The driver would build fine without this symbol selected, but since it
> relies on availability of DMA, it doesn't make too much sense to build it
> this way. This kind of selects makes kernel configuration more user
> friendly IMHO.

> Possibly adding appropriate selects (PL330) for s5p* and exynos could make
> sense.

Right. On these SoCs it's probably worth doing it in the arch/arm code
rather than for every device using the controller though, it's the same
DMA controller for everything.

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