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

[Luis de Bethencourt]

On 14/10/15 23:42, James Bottomley wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

Hi James,

The idea is that the more drivers are built with make allyesconfig, the better.

I added COMPILE_TEST to all the drivers that can be built without having ISA,
since they depend on runtime and not in build time. I understand your point,
which raises the question of why isn't CONFIG_ISA set to Y in make allyesconfig.

Would this be possible?

Thanks for the review,
Luis
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