[RFC PATCH] ARM: vt8500: Convert arch-vt8500 to multiplatform
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Thu Oct 11 16:29:05 EDT 2012
On Thursday 11 October 2012, Tony Prisk wrote:
> > config VT8500
> > bool "Via/Wondermedia VT8500 / WM8505 / WM8650" if ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
> > default VT8500_SINGLE
> >
> > Arnd
>
> Alexey (or anyone else),
>
> Do you want it kept in the meantime?
>
> I think the easiest way to add/keep it would be to create:
>
> ARCH_VT8500_SINGLE (arm/Kconfig) and ARCH_VT8500_MULTI
> (arch-vt8500/Kconfig) and have them both select ARCH_VT8500 as an option
> to make drivers available.
You only need one new symbol, not too. Keeping CONFIG_VT8500 as the
user-selectable option as I outlined in the example means that
existing .config files keep working, which is sometimes useful.
Arnd
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