Multiplatform Kconfig options
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Thu Oct 11 03:40:29 EDT 2012
On Thursday 11 October 2012, Tony Prisk wrote:
> What is the preference for multiplatform-enabled arch/Kconfig's?
>
> Should we be specifying options that are already enabled by
> multiplatform or can we assume they will always be enabled?
>
> It 'feels' safer to explicitly enable them to catch problems later when
> things are changed and people forget :)
>
> Examples: MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER, SPARSE_IRQ, USE_OF, COMMON_CLK...
They won't just go away from CONFIG_MULTIPLATFORM, no need to enable
them yourself. We also have a lot of options that are unconditionally
enabled for all ARM platforms.
Arnd
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