[PATCH 4/4] tty/serial: sh-sci: remove uneeded IS_ERR_OR_NULL calls
Uwe Kleine-König
u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Mon Mar 6 00:58:42 PST 2017
Hello Geert,
On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 09:49:39AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Given that mctrl-gpio can be useful on legacy platforms, a device could
> > silently run without cts-gpio even there.
>
> On platforms were CONFIG_GPIOLIB=n, this is not true, so the issue is moot.
>
> All serial drivers using (optional) mctrl-gpio have this in Kconfig:
>
> select SERIAL_MCTRL_GPIO if GPIOLIB
>
> So they will use mctrl-gpio when GPIOLIB is enabled.
> If GPIOPLIB is disabled, no flow control GPIOs are expected, and the
> driver should not break that case.
So it all boils down to the question: Is GPIOLIB=n enough to assume no
gpio is needed?
I'd say it is not.
Best regards
Uwe
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