Re: [PATCH] clocksource: sp804: Make user selectable

[Sudeep Holla]

On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 06:44:41PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> The sp804 is currently only user selectable if COMPILE_TEST, this was
> done by commit dfc82faad725 ("clocksource/drivers/sp804: Add
> COMPILE_TEST to CONFIG_ARM_TIMER_SP804") in order to avoid it being
> spuriously offered on platforms that won't have the hardware since it's
> generally only seen on Arm based platforms.  This config is overly
> restrictive, while platforms that rely on the SP804 do select it in
> their Kconfig there are others such as the Arm fast models which have a
> SP804 available but currently unused by Linux.  Relax the dependency to
> allow it to be user selectable on arm and arm64 to avoid surprises and
> in case someone comes up with a use for extra timer hardware.
>
> Fixes: dfc82faad725 ("clocksource/drivers/sp804: Add COMPILE_TEST to CONFIG_ARM_TIMER_SP804")
> Reported-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@xxxxxxx>

Thanks for the quick fix Mark!

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>

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Regards,
Sudeep