[PATCH v10 03/11] remoteproc: Update Kconfig setup to 'depends on REMOTEPROC'

[vinod.koul@intel.com (Vinod Koul)]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 02:24:39PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Sat 08 Oct 05:52 PDT 2016, Peter Griffin wrote:
> 
> > Make REMOTEPROC core a selectable kconfig option, and update
> > remoteproc client drivers to 'depends on' the core. This avoids
> > some nasty Kconfig recursive dependency issues. Also when using
> > menuconfig client drivers will be hidden until the core has been
> > enabled.
> > 
> > Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt:
> > 
> >   Note:
> >         select should be used with care. select will force
> >         a symbol to a value without visiting the dependencies.
> >         By abusing select you are able to select a symbol FOO even
> >         if FOO depends on BAR that is not set.
> >         In general use select only for non-visible symbols
> >         (no prompts anywhere) and for symbols with no dependencies.
> >         That will limit the usefulness but on the other hand avoid
> >         the illegal configurations all over.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@linaro.org>
> 
> Sorry, I missed this patch in the set - but spotted it in linux-next.
> 
> I still don't like the change, but remoteproc has dependencies so I
> guess I have to pick it until we fix that.
> 
> It's however not okay to take this patch through the DMA tree, as it
> effectively stops me from introducing any changes in the rproc tree.
> Further more, it's not based on v4.9, so it currently introduces another
> Kconfig dependency problem - that I can't fix in my tree without
> conflicting with Vinod's.
> 
> 
> So, Vinod, can you please drop this patch from your tree? I'll pick it
> up for now.

Sorry for the delay, b/w KS/LPC and travel, was slow on email.

I have dropped this one now..

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~Vinod