On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 03:35:43PM +0200, Alban wrote: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 14:32:00 +0200 > Rocco Folino <rocco.fol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 02:20:05PM +0200, Alban wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:14:35 +0200 > > > Ralf Baechle <r...@linux-mips.org> 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 <rocco.fol...@gmail.com> > > > > > > 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. > > Seeing as this driver is the only one that make use of CONFIG_SOC_AR933X > I would prefer removing this dependency. It would also open the way to have > the driver built in COMPILE_TEST. A few more fixes might be needed but that > would be better than such a workaround.
Yes, I agree! Thanks, Rocco
