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From: wsa@the-dreams.de (Wolfram Sang)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] i2c: mv64xxx: Add reset deassert call
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 12:18:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140307111858.GB12274@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGb2v66xViOx+DdnuDwad0HsCx2YiYfxqBDAEwYdLHrSydOj0w@mail.gmail.com>


> > Since RESET_CONTROLLER is not required for those platforms, it really
> > should be optional - and I think the real fix is for the reset controller
> > support to provide stub functions.
> 
> Philipp Zabel suggested that adding a _optional variant that provides stubs
> and doesn't depend on RESET_CONTROLLER is probably better. This keeps the
> compile time checks for drivers requiring it.
> 
> See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/10/220
> 
> I ended up dropping my patch though.

Thanks for the pointer. Well, looks like I need to revert the offending
i2c patches then until this issue is fixed? We can't have
RESET_CONTROLLER (circular dependency) and we can't skip it (build
failures).

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-07 11:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-04 16:28 [PATCH v3 0/5] ARM: sun6i: Add support for the A31 I2C controller Maxime Ripard
2014-03-04 16:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] i2c: mv64xxx: Add reset deassert call Maxime Ripard
2014-03-05 16:31   ` Wolfram Sang
2014-03-07  9:52   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-03-07 10:07     ` Maxime Ripard
2014-03-07 10:34       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-03-07 10:37         ` Wolfram Sang
2014-03-07 11:11         ` [linux-sunxi] " Chen-Yu Tsai
2014-03-07 11:18           ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2014-03-07 13:43             ` [PATCH] i2c: mv64xxx: Fix circular dependencies warning and compilation breakage Maxime Ripard
2014-03-07 14:24               ` Wolfram Sang
2014-03-07 14:26                 ` Wolfram Sang
2014-03-07 14:48                 ` Maxime Ripard
2014-03-07 13:44             ` [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] i2c: mv64xxx: Add reset deassert call Maxime Ripard
2014-03-04 16:28 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] i2c: mv64xxx: Add support for the Allwinner A31 I2C driver Maxime Ripard
2014-03-05 16:34   ` Wolfram Sang
2014-03-07 10:13     ` Maxime Ripard
2014-03-04 16:28 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] ARM: sun6i: Enable the I2C controllers Maxime Ripard
2014-03-04 16:28 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] ARM: sun6i: Enable the I2C muxing options Maxime Ripard
2014-03-04 16:28 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] ARM: sun6i: colombus: Enable the I2C controllers Maxime Ripard

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