Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] i2c: mv64xxx: Add reset deassert call

[Maxime Ripard]

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 12:18:58PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
> > > Since RESET_CONTROLLER is not required for those platforms, it really
> > > should be optional - and I think the real fix is for the reset controller
> > > support to provide stub functions.
> > 
> > Philipp Zabel suggested that adding a _optional variant that provides stubs
> > and doesn't depend on RESET_CONTROLLER is probably better. This keeps the
> > compile time checks for drivers requiring it.
> > 
> > See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/10/220
> > 
> > I ended up dropping my patch though.
> 
> Thanks for the pointer. Well, looks like I need to revert the offending
> i2c patches then until this issue is fixed? We can't have
> RESET_CONTROLLER (circular dependency) and we can't skip it (build
> failures).
> 

I just sent a fix in reply to your mail that should fix the issue
without having to revert the patches.

Thanks!
Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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