Re: [PATCH] ARM: vexpress: refine dependencies for new code

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue May 27 2014 - 05:18:51 EST


> The versatile express changes for 3.16 introduced a number of
> build regressions for randconfig kernels by not tracking dependencies
> between the components right.
>
> This patch tries to rectify that:
>
> * the mach-vexpress code cannot link without the syscfg driver,
> which in turn needs MFD_VEXPRESS_SYSREG
> * various drivers call devm_regmap_init_vexpress_config(), which
> has to be exported so it can be used by loadable modules
> * the configuration bus uses OF DT helper functions that are not
> available to platforms disable CONFIG_OF
> * The sysreg driver exports GPIOs through gpiolib, which can
> be disabled on some platforms.
> * The clocksource code cannot be built on platforms that don't
> use modern timekeeping but rely on gettimeoffset.

Where's the diff?

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig

For the MFD part:

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch has a high chance of creating conflicts. Can someone apply
this to a branch, tag it and sent out a pull-request to the other
maintainers please?

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