Why do we need reset_control_get_optional() ?

Philipp Zabel p.zabel at pengutronix.de
Wed Aug 24 06:29:42 PDT 2016


Am Dienstag, den 16.08.2016, 18:41 +0900 schrieb Masahiro Yamada:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> 2016-08-06 0:35 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>:
> 
> >
> > config RESET_FOO
> >         bool "FOO reset controller" if COMPILE_TEST && !ARCH_FOO
> >         default ARCH_FOO
> >
> > then I think we get both: you won't be able to turn it off
> > but also get the build testing.
>
> This looks good to me, too.
> I do not know if we need "&& !ARCH_FOO", though.
> 
> When we are compile-testing, we do not care if it works on run-time,
> so perhaps it makes sense to allow to enable/disable RESET_FOO
> regardless ARCH_FOO.

I'll send a few patches to add the Kconfig symbols. Turning around the
RESET_CONTROLLER selection can be done in a second step.

regards
Philipp




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