Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: let SJA1000 driver depend on HAS_IOMEM

From: Oliver Hartkopp <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:07:04 +0200

Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
> Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
>> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:

>>> We may even consider making CONFIG_CAN
>>> depend on HAS_IOMEM like for SPI, USB, Serial, etc.
>> Why CONFIG_CAN ??
>>
>> CONFIG_CAN provides a network protocol family that can be used e.g. with the
>> vcan driver without any hardware. So HAS_IOMEM only has to take care of some
>> drivers, that fiddle on CAN controller registers themselves. E.g. for SPI, USB
>> and Serial these 'underlying' interfaces bring their own requirements. When we
>> depend on SPI, it should bring HAS_IOMEM as a dependency of SPI.
> 
> OK, then s/CONFIG_CAN/CONFIG_CAN_DEV/

IMHO not even CONFIG_CAN_DEV that also provides bittime calculation and
standard CAN driver stuff that does not depend on a specific hardware.

HAS_IOMEM should be a dependency on specific drivers (like stated above).

Regards,
Oliver