Re: [PATCH] tty/serial: fix config dependencies for samsung serial

From: Naveen Krishna Ch
Date: Wed Sep 03 2014 - 04:22:26 EST


Hi Arnd,

On 2 September 2014 21:16, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 September 2014 20:52:00 Naveen Krishna Chatradhi wrote:
>> Make the config symbols SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4 and
>> SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS depend on SERIAL_SAMSUNG rather than
>> PLAT_SAMSUNG.
>
> Please always describe why you are doing a change. This patch
> seems really pointless.

The SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4 and SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS config options are
meaningful only if SERIAL_SAMSUNG is enabled. Hence the dependency
rules were changed. I will repost this patch with better description.

>
>> config SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4
>> bool
>> - depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
>> + depends on SERIAL_SAMSUNG
>> default y if !(CPU_S3C2410 || CPU_S3C2412 || CPU_S3C2440 || CPU_S3C2442)
>> help
>> Internal node for the common case of 4 Samsung compatible UARTs
>>
>> config SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS
>> int
>> - depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
>> + depends on SERIAL_SAMSUNG
>> default 4 if SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS_4 || CPU_S3C2416
>> default 3
>> help
>>
>
> Have you checked that it still builds on all samsung platforms when
> SERIAL_SAMSUNG is disabled? We have had build errors in this area
> in the past.

Yes, it builds for other Samsung platforms.

>
> Arnd

Thanks.

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