Re: [PATCH] clk: thead: allow COMPILE_TEST builds

[Drew Fustini <fustini@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 01:20:53PM -0400, Brian Masney wrote:
> Hi Rosen,
> 
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 08:28:14PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> > CLK_THEAD_TH1520_AP already allows COMPILE_TEST, but the parent clock
> > Makefile only descends into drivers/clk/thead for ARCH_THEAD.  Use the
> > TH1520 AP clock symbol for the directory gate instead.
> > 
> > This lets the driver build on other 64-bit architectures selected for
> > compile testing without selecting the T-HEAD platform.
> > 
> > Tested with:
> > make LLVM=1 ARCH=loongarch drivers/clk/thead/
> > 
> > Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5
> > Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/clk/Makefile | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/clk/Makefile b/drivers/clk/Makefile
> > index 68145ad91035..d651e4ed3462 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clk/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/Makefile
> > @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI)		+= sunxi/
> >  obj-y					+= sunxi-ng/
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_TEGRA)			+= tegra/
> >  obj-y					+= tenstorrent/
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_THEAD)		+= thead/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_THEAD_TH1520_AP)	+= thead/
> 
> Right now, CLK_THEAD_TH1520_AP is the only Kconfig defined in the thead
> subdirectory. What about when/if someone adds a second Kconfig, and
> that's the only one that's enabled?
> 
> Would it be better to have this as obj-y?
> 
> Brian

I think obj-y would make sense. AP is just one of several TH1520 SoC
subsystems with a clock controller. Support may some day be added for
the other controllers.

Thanks,
Drew