Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] drivers/clocksource: Fixup csky,mptimer compile error with CPU_CK610

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>]

On 09/02/2021 17:02, Guo Ren wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 5:29 PM Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 07/02/2021 04:31, Guo Ren wrote:
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 4:48 PM Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 04/02/2021 08:46, guoren@kernel.org wrote:
>>>>> From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> The timer-mp-csky.c only could support CPU_CK860 and it will
>>>>> compile error with CPU_CK610.
>>>>>
>>>>> It has been selected in arch/csky/Kconfig.
>>>>
>>>> It would be better if you fix the root cause of the compilation error.
>>> The timer-mp-csky.c has used specific instructions which only
>>> supported by CK860 and timer-mp-csky.c is only design for CK860.
>>
>> I guess you are referring to mfcr() ?
>>
>>> In arch/csky/Konfig we only select it with CK860.
>>>         select CSKY_MPINTC if CPU_CK860
>>>         select CSKY_MP_TIMER if CPU_CK860
>>>
>>> So here let's select timer-mp-csky.c in arch/csky/Kconfig, not in
>>> drivers/clocksource/Kconfig.
>>
>> The COMPILE_TEST option is there to let other architecture to compile
>> drivers and increase the compilation test coverage.
>>
>> The proposed change just removes the driver from this coverage.
> When we compile the csky arch with C860, it will be selected.
> 
>>
>> Ideally, it would be better to keep it with the COMPILE_TEST option, so
>> changes impacting all the drivers can be caught before submitting the
>> patches.
>>
>> By just adding
>>
>> #ifndef mfcr
>> #define mfcr(a) 0
>> #endif
> 
> 610 couldn't support CSKY_MP_TIMER and it's only for 860. So it's not
> a coding skill issue.

I think there is a misunderstanding.

When I want to compile on x64 all the timer drivers, I do enable
COMPILE_TEST, then the strings appear and the drivers can be selected.

If the COMPILE_TEST is not enabled, the string does not appear, it is
not possible to enable/disable it and the platform must enable it from
the aforementioned arch/csky/Konfig.

Actually, the timer drivers policy is : drivers can not be enabled from
the drivers/clocksource/Kconfig, it is up to the platform Kconfig to
select them. The exception is when the COMPILE_TEST option is set for
testing purpose.

The timer must compile on any other archs and the stubs for the platform
specific calls must be provided.

Did I miss something with your changes ?



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