Re: [PATCH 1/4 v3] GPIO: gpio-dwapb: Enable platform driver binding to MFD driver

From: Darren Hart
Date: Tue Sep 09 2014 - 23:26:55 EST


On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:34:50AM +0000, Chen, Alvin wrote:
> > >@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ config GPIO_DWAPB
> > > tristate "Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO driver"
> > > select GPIO_GENERIC
> > > select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
> > >- depends on OF_GPIO
> >
> > You cover this specific dependencies with inline ifdefs, but you lose the
> > CONFIG_OF depends by dropping it, and there are no such checks in the probe
> > routine. Assumptions of OF are not limited to probe in this driver.
> >
> > While I would like to see this assumption properly abstracted, the most
> > expedient/immediate fix is probably to add a depends on OF above.
>
> Andriy, how do you think?
>
> How about
> depends on OF_GPIO || MFD_GPIO_DWAPB, or
> depends on OF_GPIO || MFD_INTEL_QUARK_I2C_GPIO?
>

Upon closer inspection, I think my concern is invalid. the OF header already
tests for CONFIG_OF and provides no-op / -ENOSYS (tsk tsk) alternatives. So long
as you can compile with "#CONFIG_OF is not set" as it is, then I withdraw my
comment.

Sorry for the noise.

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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