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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>, Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Can ARM use drivers/Kconfig [Was: Kconfig: Source "drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig" for ARCH=arm]
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:09:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801052309.25027.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080105203123.GA7797@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>

On Saturday 05 January 2008, Russell King wrote:
> Not everything in drivers/ is suitable for every ARM configuration.  It
> was felt at the time better for ARM to remain separate because people
> didn't want to pollute drivers/Kconfig with the ARM specific conditionals.

We made drivers/Kconfig work for s390 in the meantime, which is far more
special than arm in this regard, so I think you should try to give it
another go.

What are the main obstacles on arm that prevent you from building these
drivers?

	Arnd <><

      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-05 22:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-05 15:42 [PATCH 4/5] USB Kconfig: Source "drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig" for ARCH=arm Al Boldi
2008-01-05 18:46 ` David Brownell
2008-01-05 19:20 ` Can ARM use drivers/Kconfig [Was: Kconfig: Source "drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig" for ARCH=arm] Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-05 20:31   ` Russell King
2008-01-05 20:54     ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-05 21:09       ` Russell King
2008-01-05 22:09     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]

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