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From: tony@atomide•com (Tony Lindgren)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: Nokia N900: u-SD card in v4.2+
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:20:08 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160113192007.GK12777@atomide.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160113191240.GA10717@amd>

* Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw•cz> [160113 11:13]:
> On Mon 2016-01-11 14:10:23, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> > 
> > 'select' is generally not recommended since it selects a config without
> > caring for the dependency. With adding 'depends on', MMC won't be enabled and
> > will end up in the same problem.
> 
> Well... it really should "depend on". Not ideal, but you'll likely
> realize what went on.
> 
> Silently compiling known-bad kernel is ... well.. bad.

Force selects will lead into build errors sooner or later.

> > Tony has already added a Documentation noting that CONFIG_REGULATOR_PBIAS
> > should be enabled for MMCs to work.
> > commit d8e1f5ed11a39a68da00f05000466c4f6db4456e
> > Author: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide•com>
> > Date:   Mon Oct 12 16:19:54 2015 -0700
> > 
> >     Documentation: ARM: List new omap MMC requirements
> > 
> > Maybe we should also make the error message a little more verbose to tell the
> > user that CONFIG_REGULATOR_PBIAS be selected?
> 
> That would help.
> 
> As would #error if we recognize broken config.

Can't we just add a check to the omap_hsmmc.c? In cases where
MMC1 has the PBIAS regulator configured but not available, print
an error about missing CONFIG_REGULATOR_PBIAS error and return
-EPROBE_DEFER?

Regards,

Tony

      reply	other threads:[~2016-01-13 19:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-06 20:46 Nokia N900: u-SD card in v4.2+ Pavel Machek
2016-01-07  5:40 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2016-01-07 11:34   ` Pavel Machek
2016-01-09 22:44     ` Pali Rohár
2016-01-11  8:40       ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2016-01-13 19:12         ` Pavel Machek
2016-01-13 19:20           ` Tony Lindgren [this message]

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