Re: [PATCH] ASoC: atmel: add COMPILE_TEST for SND_ATMEL_SOC_PDC

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Codrin,

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 10:15 AM <Codrin.Ciubotariu@microchip.com> wrote:
> On 03.10.2021 06:03, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > Geert pointed out that since sound/soc has the soc_dummy_driver for
> > NO_DMA platforms, it is possible (desirable) to have drivers that
> > depend on HAS_DMA to alternately depend on COMPILE_TEST.
> >
> > This means that SND_ATMEL_SOC_PDC can depend on HAS_DMA || COMPIE_TEST.
> >
> > Fixes: 6c5c659dfe3f ("ASoC: atmel: ATMEL drivers don't need HAS_DMA")
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> > Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> > Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> > Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
> > Cc: Codrin Ciubotariu <codrin.ciubotariu@microchip.com>
> > ---
> >   sound/soc/atmel/Kconfig |    1 +
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > --- linux-next-20211001.orig/sound/soc/atmel/Kconfig
> > +++ linux-next-20211001/sound/soc/atmel/Kconfig
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ if SND_ATMEL_SOC
> >
> >   config SND_ATMEL_SOC_PDC
> >          bool
> > +       depends on HAS_DMA || COMPILE_TEST
>
> SND_ATMEL_SOC_PDC compiles fine without HAS_DMA, so I don't understand
> the need for this...

Does it work without DMA support?
If not, it doesn't make much sense to offer this option to the user, unless
the user is compile-testing.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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