From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rocco Folino Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: support devicetree selection Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 14:32:00 +0200 Message-ID: <20170906123200.GA21761@void> References: <20170906111435.GA1856@linux-mips.org> <20170906142005.67586253@avionic-0141> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170906142005.67586253@avionic-0141> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Alban Cc: Ralf Baechle , robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, linux-mips-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Antony Pavlov , John Crispin List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 02:20:05PM +0200, Alban wrote: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:14:35 +0200 > Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 05:32:42PM +0200, Rocco Folino wrote: > > > > > Allow to choose devicetrees from Kconfig. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Rocco Folino > > I don't really see the point of this patch. Building the dtb doesn't > take any significant time, so why add this extra complexity? Because you need to select the SoC type in order to enable some drivers, for example on the AR9331 to use the serial you need the CONFIG_SERIAL_AR933X which depends on the CONFIG_SOC_AR933X. Rocco -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html