Re: [PATCH v1] pinctrl: aspeed: fix unmet dependencies on MFD_SYSCON for PINCTRL_ASPEED

From: Andrew Jeffery
Date: Wed Dec 15 2021 - 16:58:51 EST




On Thu, 16 Dec 2021, at 08:10, Julian Braha wrote:
> When PINCTRL_ASPEED_G* is selected,
> and MFD_SYSCON is not selected,
> Kbuild gives the following warnings:
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for PINCTRL_ASPEED
> Depends on [n]: PINCTRL [=y] && (ARCH_ASPEED [=n] || COMPILE_TEST
> [=y]) && OF [=y] && MFD_SYSCON [=n]
> Selected by [y]:
> - PINCTRL_ASPEED_G4 [=y] && PINCTRL [=y] && (MACH_ASPEED_G4 [=n] ||
> COMPILE_TEST [=y]) && OF [=y]
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for PINCTRL_ASPEED
> Depends on [n]: PINCTRL [=y] && (ARCH_ASPEED [=n] || COMPILE_TEST
> [=y]) && OF [=y] && MFD_S>
> Selected by [y]:
> - PINCTRL_ASPEED_G5 [=y] && PINCTRL [=y] && (MACH_ASPEED_G5 [=n] ||
> COMPILE_TEST [=y]) && O>
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for PINCTRL_ASPEED
> Depends on [n]: PINCTRL [=y] && (ARCH_ASPEED [=n] || COMPILE_TEST
> [=y]) && OF [=y] && MFD_S>
> Selected by [y]:
> - PINCTRL_ASPEED_G6 [=y] && PINCTRL [=y] && (MACH_ASPEED_G6 [=n] ||
> COMPILE_TEST [=y]) && O>
>
> This is because MACH_ASPEED_G* depend on (ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST).
> ARCH_ASPEED enables the MFD_SYSCON dependency, but COMPILE_TEST doesn't.
>
> These unmet dependency bugs were detected by Kismet,
> a static analysis tool for Kconfig. Please advise
> if this is not the appropriate solution.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks.