Re: [PATCH v3 01/38] Kconfig: introduce HAS_IOPORT option and select it as necessary

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Mar 14 2023 - 08:56:11 EST


On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 1:13 PM Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We introduce a new HAS_IOPORT Kconfig option to indicate support for I/O
> Port access. In a future patch HAS_IOPORT=n will disable compilation of
> the I/O accessor functions inb()/outb() and friends on architectures
> which can not meaningfully support legacy I/O spaces such as s390. Also
> add dependencies on HAS_IOPORT for the ISA and HAVE_EISA config options
> as these busses always go along with HAS_IOPORT.
>
> The "depends on" relations on HAS_IOPORT in drivers as well as ifdefs
> for HAS_IOPORT specific sections will be added in subsequent patches on
> a per subsystem basis.
>
> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> arch/m68k/Kconfig | 1 +

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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