simplifying the linux MTD Kconfig/Makefile structure

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 08:29 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > it seems like the various Kconfigs and Makefiles related to MTD
> > could be tightened up a bit.  for instance, in drivers/mtd/Makefile:
> >
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_UBI)           += ubi/
> >
> > but given that selection, it's kind of redundant to then have
> > drivers/mtd/ubi/Makefile start with:
> >
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_UBI) += ubi.o
> >
> > is it not?  why not just "obj-y"?
> >
> >   along those lines, again from drivers/mtd/Makefile:
> >
> > obj-y           += chips/ lpddr/ maps/ devices/ nand/ onenand/ tests/
> >
> > obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_UBI)           += ubi/
> >
> >   why not be consistent and have:
> >
> > obj-y           += chips/ lpddr/ maps/ devices/ nand/ onenand/
> >
> > obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_UBI)           += ubi/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_TESTS)         += tests/
> >
> > which would *massively* simplify drivers/mtd/tests/Makefile, would it
> > not?
> >
> >   i can submit some patches if there's any interest.  i suspect some
> > of the other directories could be similarly tidied up.
>
> Sounds like a reasonable clean-up to me.

  sorry for the delay, either i or a local buddy will take care of
this and submit patches to the list.

rday

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