[PATCH v2 10/21] lightnvm: Remove depends on HAS_DMA in case of platform dependency

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Madalin-cristian,

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 6:27 AM, Madalin-cristian Bucur
<madalin.bucur at nxp.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: netdev-owner at vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner at vger.kernel.org]
>> On Behalf Of Geert Uytterhoeven
>> Remove dependencies on HAS_DMA where a Kconfig symbol depends on
>> another
>> symbol that implies HAS_DMA, and, optionally, on "|| COMPILE_TEST".
>> In most cases this other symbol is an architecture or platform specific
>> symbol, or PCI.
>>
>> Generic symbols and drivers without platform dependencies keep their
>> dependencies on HAS_DMA, to prevent compiling subsystems or drivers that
>> cannot work anyway.
>>
>> This simplifies the dependencies, and allows to improve compile-testing.
>>
>> Notes:
>>   - FSL_FMAN keeps its dependency on HAS_DMA, as it calls set_dma_ops(),
>>     which does not exist if HAS_DMA=n (Do we need a dummy? The use of
>>     set_dma_ops() in this driver is questionable),
>
> Hi,
>
> The set_dma_ops() is no longer required in the fsl/fman, I'll send a patch to remove it.

Thank you, looking forward to it!

>>   - SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X and SND_SOC_LPASS_PLATFORM loose their
>>     dependency on HAS_DMA, as they are selected from
>>     SND_SOC_APQ8016_SBC.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
>> Acked-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy at arm.com>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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