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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:01:33 +0200
From: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: renesas: Provide dummy rcar_rst_read_mode_pins()
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 09:28:20AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 02:35:58PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 09:13:06AM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 07:36:25PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> >> > If the R-Car RST driver is not included, compile-testing R-Car clock
> >> >> > drivers fails with a link error:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >     undefined reference to `rcar_rst_read_mode_pins'
> >> >> >
> >> >> > To fix this, provide a dummy version.  Use the exact same test logic as
> >> >> > in drivers/soc/renesas/Makefile, as there is no Kconfig symbol (yet) to
> >> >> > control compilation of the R-Car RST driver.
> >> >>
> >> >> Adding a Kconfig symbol would be a bit cleaner IMHO.
> >> >
> >> > I now see you are doing so in other patches :)
> >>
> >> Indeed. I went with this quick fix, as drivers/soc/renesas doesn't have
> >> a Kconfig file yet, and introducing a Kconfig symbol would thus be more
> >> intrusive.
> >
> > Thanks. Given that it doesn't appear that the problem resolved by this fix
> > manifests at this time I have queued it up for v4.13 rather than as a fix
> > for v4.12. Let me know if you'd like me to revisit that decision.
> 
> I had hoped you could still queue it as a fix for v4.12...

Sure, I'll see what I can do.

> This is one of the blockers for enabling compile-testing of the R-Car clock
> drivers in v4.13.  Of course some of the other blockers may not make v4.12
> neither.
> 
> Instead of  postponing it to v4.13, you could as well drop it, and wait for
> the better solution in "[RFC] soc: renesas: Rework Kconfig and Makefile
> logic".
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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>