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From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux•com>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod•at>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft•net>,
	richardcochran@gmail•com, netdev@vger•kernel.org,
	geert@linux-m68k•org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/ptp/Kconfig: add "depends on HAS_IOMEM" for 'PTP_1588_CLOCK_PCH'
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:44:21 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51D12545.4000108@asianux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51D122F0.1000204@nod.at>

On 07/01/2013 02:34 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> config COMPILE_TEST
>> >         bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
>> >         default n
>> >         help
>> >           Some drivers can be compiled on a different platform than they are
>> >           intended to be run on. Despite they cannot be loaded there (or even
>> >           when they load they cannot be used due to missing HW support),
>> >           developers still, opposing to distributors, might want to build such
>> >           drivers to compile-test them.
>> > 
>> >           If you are a developer and want to build everything available, say Y
>> >           here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
>> >           drivers to be distributed.
>> > 
>> > I guess, 'COMPILE_TEST' is really useful for UML.
> No.
> 
> We have explained you more than once what the deal and why UML does not
> have ioremap() and friends.

This time, it is not for UML, it is for 'COMPILE_TEST': the
'asm-generic' whether need consider it.


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-01  6:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-27  0:52 [PATCH] drivers/ptp/Kconfig: add "depends on HAS_IOMEM" for 'PTP_1588_CLOCK_PCH' Chen Gang
2013-06-27  6:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-06-27  8:21   ` Chen Gang
2013-06-29  4:23 ` David Miller
2013-07-01  1:34   ` Chen Gang
2013-07-01  5:40     ` Richard Weinberger
2013-07-01  6:09       ` Chen Gang
2013-07-01  6:34         ` Richard Weinberger
2013-07-01  6:44           ` Chen Gang [this message]
2013-07-01  7:32             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-07-01  7:47               ` Chen Gang
2013-07-01  7:56                 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-07-01  8:17                   ` Chen Gang
2013-07-01 11:12                   ` Richard Weinberger
2013-07-01 11:19                     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-07-02  0:57                       ` Chen Gang

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