[PATCH v2 1/9] ARM: centralize common multi-platform kconfig options

[linus.walleij@linaro.org (Linus Walleij)]

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
>>>
>>> Multi-platform requires various kconfig options to be selected, so
>>> platforms don't need to select them individually.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>>> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
>>
>> OK makes sense. Maybe a bit unintuitive that multiplat
>> make gpiolib wanted optional and then platforms override
>> this by requiring it, but whatever, I cannot think of anything
>> better.
>> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>
> It's really just about making gpiolib visible. Can we just kill the
> symbol or there are still non-gpiolib users that would conflict?

Oh no and yes. I'm working on trying to get rid of that
old cruft, but the problem is that I basically have to acquire
or delete these platforms to get them off the "generic GPIO"
API (i.e. just a set of functions with certain names).

Old habits die hard you know.

Having the symbol default-selected by multiplatform definately
puts up a roadblock stopping new platforms from doing
anything like that again so at second thought I really like
this patch:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij