From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756622AbaCOVgp (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:36:45 -0400 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:38190 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756190AbaCOVgo (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:36:44 -0400 Message-ID: <5324C7EA.2000909@infradead.org> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:36:42 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chen Gang CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [Suggestion] Makefile: about allmodconfig issue. References: <531B1603.6080106@gmail.com> <531B3178.8000804@infradead.org> <531B8F2C.8080302@gmail.com> <531B9281.1080500@infradead.org> <531C8269.4010105@gmail.com> <531C95BE.1070306@infradead.org> <531E622A.5010200@gmail.com> <5324C687.9070104@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5324C687.9070104@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 03/15/2014 02:30 PM, Chen Gang wrote: > On 03/11/2014 09:08 AM, Chen Gang wrote: >> On 03/10/2014 12:24 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote: >>> On 03/09/2014 08:02 AM, Chen Gang wrote: > [...] >>>> Else ('depends on' priority is higher than 'select') >>>> >>>> - some architectures can choose whether support IRQ_DOMAIN. >>>> >>>> - if IRQ_DOMAIN enabled, our gpio driver can be used, and then select >>>> GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP (need not consider about it selects IRQ_DOMAIN). >>>> >>>> - else (IRQ_DOMAIN_disabled), we can not use our gpio driver, and also >>>> can not select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP (need not consider about it selects >>>> IRQ_DOMAIN, either). >>>> >>>> Excuse me, I am not quite familiar with Kconfig grammar, can any members >>>> give a confirmation for it (whether 'select' priority is higher or equal >>>> than 'depends on'). >>> >>> Sorry, I don't really understand the problem that you are trying to solve. >>> Maybe you could back up and explain the underlying problem... ? >>> >> >> If the fix patch applied (don't depend on IRQ_DOMAIN), I guess, if one >> architecture don't support IRQ_DOMAIN, GPIO_DWAPB may still be enabled >> and then let IRQ_DOMAIN enable too. >> > > Is it possible to still go further? For me, I still think, this is not > gpio driver's issue, the kbuild need be improved to support this using case. > > So, if it is necessary, I will/should try to go further about it. If you can demonstrate a problem, then please submit a patch for it, but don't just hypothesize a problem, actually show that there is one. -- ~Randy