From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Make OLPC camera driver depend on x86.
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:42:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061212174210.GC2140@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061212174055.6b60c134@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:40:55PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > - depends on I2C && VIDEO_V4L2
> > > > + depends on I2C && VIDEO_V4L2 && X86_32
> > >
> > > Any particular reason why?
> >
> > Just seemed odd to be offered the option when I was building
> > an ia64 kernel given its extremely unlikely to ever appear there.
>
> It means we catch portability bugs early and people changing core code
> catch problems even if their platform is not X86_32. The practice for
> almost all out drivers is thus not to put in arch dependancies unless
> they genuinely do not build on arbitary platforms.
>
> NAK
Given this could in theory turn up in USB form one day, and some
lunatic may actually plug one into an ia64, I see your point.
Unlikely, but feasible.
Dave
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-12 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-12 14:52 Make OLPC camera driver depend on x86 Dave Jones
2006-12-12 15:12 ` Jonathan Corbet
2006-12-12 15:39 ` Dave Jones
2006-12-12 17:40 ` Alan
2006-12-12 17:42 ` Dave Jones [this message]
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2006-12-12 23:49 Chuck Ebbert
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