Re: [PATCH] scsi: kconfig: When possible, compile drivers with COMPILE_TEST

[James Bottomley]

On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 22:13 +0100, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> These drivers only have runtime but no build time dependencies, so they can
> be built for testing purposes if the Kconfig COMPILE_TEST option is enabled.
> 
> This is useful to have more build coverage and make sure that drivers are
> not affected by changes that could cause build regressions.

I don't think I understand the purpose.  If the object is to build a
load of old ISA drivers, why not just turn on CONFIG_ISA in the test
build? That's how I build test SCSI on my systems.

James


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