[PATCH v2] powerpc: select HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM in PPC instead of creating a PPC dependency

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2022/09/11 21:41, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2022, at 1:54 PM, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>> On 2022/09/09 20:31, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>  
>>>  config PATA_PLATFORM
>>> -	tristate "Generic platform device PATA support"
>>> -	depends on EXPERT || PPC || HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
>>> +	tristate "Generic platform device PATA support" if EXPERT || HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
>>
>> Shouldn't this be:
>>
>> 	tristate "Generic platform device PATA support" if EXPERT || PPC
>>
>> ?
>>
>> And while at it, it would be nice to add "|| COMPILE_TEST" too.
> 
> The idea was that this can be selected by CONFIG_PATA_OF_PLATFORM
> in any configuration that has CONFIG_OF enabled. Since PPC
> has CONFIG_OF enabled unconditionally, there is no need to
> make this option visible separately.
> 
> Same for compile-testing: since CONFIG_OF can be enabled on
> any architecture, PATA_OF_PLATFORM is already covered by
> allmodconfig builds anywhere. The separate HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
> is only needed for machines that want the non-OF pata-platform
> module (sh, m68k-mac, mips-sibyte arm-s3c-simtec).

Got it. Thanks for the details.

> 
>        Arnd

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research