[PATCH v3 01/30] mfd: Makefile: Remove build option for MFD:sun4i-gpadc

[jic23@kernel.org (Jonathan Cameron)]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:25:45 +0200
Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com> wrote:

> Hi Philipp,
> 
> First, thanks for doing that rework. It was needed, and it's very much
> appreciated :)
> 
> As you can imagine though, I have a bunch of comments.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 05:44:49PM +0200, Philipp Rossak wrote:
> > Since we are merging the mfd driver into the sun4i-gpadc driver we need
> > to remove the build options for the sun4i-gpadc driver.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Rossak <embed3d@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/Makefile | 1 -
> >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Makefile b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> > index e9fd20dba18d..c680994db988 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> > @@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_SOC_PMIC_CHTDC_TI)	+= intel_soc_pmic_chtdc_ti.o
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_MT6397)	+= mt6397-core.o
> >  
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_ALTERA_A10SR)	+= altera-a10sr.o
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_SUN4I_GPADC)	+= sun4i-gpadc.o  
> 
> One of the things we should strive for is bisectability, which means
> being able to have a working driver at every point in time while
> introducing the features.
> 
> In this particular case, this isn't really a problem since you're
> removing part of code that were never really enabled, but you should
> at least document why in your commit log.
> 
Agreed. I for one don't know / can't remember why this would make sense!

Jonathan
> Thanks!
> Maxime
>