Re: [PATCH V3 1/7] firmware: imx: Add stubs for !CONFIG_IMX_SCU case

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 16/03/2020 08:44:10+0000, Anson Huang wrote:
> 
> 
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/7] firmware: imx: Add stubs for !CONFIG_IMX_SCU
> > case
> > 
> > On 16/03/2020 08:04:17+0000, Anson Huang wrote:
> > > Hi, Shawn
> > >
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/7] firmware: imx: Add stubs for
> > > > !CONFIG_IMX_SCU case
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 03:18:43AM +0000, Peng Fan wrote:
> > > > > Just sent out. One more thing, I think all drivers depends on
> > > > > IMX_SCU should not have COMPILE_TEST if we plan not to add dummy
> > > > > functions. I see you picked up Anson's patch in imx/drivers branch,
> > please check more.
> > > >
> > > > Ha, yes. COMPILE_TEST should be dropped for IMX_SCU_PD in Anson's
> > patch.
> > > > Thanks for reminding.
> > >
> > > I still NOT quite understand why we won't support COMPILE_TEST for SCU
> > > drivers, with whose stubs, the build should be OK, if there is any
> > > build error, we should try to fix it, NOT just remove the COMPILE_TEST
> > support, any special reason?
> > >
> > 
> > COMPILE_TEST is supported as long as IMX_SCU is selected like is it for any
> > driver depending on any bus.
> 
> But without having " || COMPILE_TEST " in kconfig, COMPILE_TEST will NOT be supported,
> I think as long as we have stubs for those SCU APIs, all drivers depending on IMX_SCU can
> support COMPILE_TEST independently.
> 


Why do you absolutely need to compile them independently? From a code
coverage point of view, having:

COMPILE_TEST=y
CONFIG_IMX_SCU=y

is enough to select and compile the remaining drivers.

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