Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] clocksource: add J-Core timer/clocksource driver

[Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:31:26PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > > --> System Type
> > > 
> > > That is what you are looking for, a SUPERH config option selecting all the
> > > common options and then a JCORE config option adding the different missing
> > > bits, namely the CLKSRC_JCORE_PIT.
> > 
> > We do have something like "system type" in arch/sh, and it's what I'm
> > trying to deprecate since it's the switch to select between all the
> > hard-coded board files, _or_ device tree.
> > 
> > Since part of the goal of my DT overhaul is to be able (but not
> > forced) to produce kernels that run on a wide range of hardware,
> > rather than having a "system type (select one)" option, what about
> > individual boolean options like:
> > 
> > config JCORE_SOC
> > 	bool "Support for J-Core SoCs"
> > 	select CLKSRC_JCORE_PIT
> > 	select JCORE_AIC
> > 	...
> 
> I'm perfectly fine with this.

Does this adequately ensure that dependencies for the clocksource and
irq driver are met? If not, what else do I need to do?

Rich