On 05/03/15 17:29, Axel Lin wrote: > 2015-03-05 18:48 GMT+08:00 Roger Quadros <[email protected]>: >> Hi Alex, > It's Axel.
My apologies Axel. > >> >> Since we're anyways going to fail probe for !CONFIG_OF, why do you want to >> add the unnecessary device table to the kernel? >> >> what are you benefiting from this change? > > If the driver works for both dt case and non-dt case, using the ifdef > CONFIG_OF > guard can save a few memory for non-dt case. > For dt-only driver it is not required because you cannot use the driver > if !CONFIG_OF. Which means you should not build this driver at all if > !CONFIG_OF > unless you just want to do compile test. I agree. Kishon do we really need to build these drivers if !CONFIG_OF? cheers, -roger -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
