On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Chen Gang <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 07/02/2013 03:19 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Chen Gang <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > 'asm-generic' need provide necessary configuration checking, if can't
>>> > pass checking, 'asm-generic' shouldn't implement it.
>>> >
>>> > For 'COMPILE_TEST', according to its help contents, 'asm-generic' need
>>> > let it pass configuration checking, and provide related dummy contents
>>> > for it.
>>> >
>>> > Part of 'COMPLE_TEST' help contents in "init/Kconfig":
>>> >
>>> > "...Despite they cannot be loaded there (or even when they load they
>>> > cannot be used due to missing HW support)..."
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <[email protected]>
>> NAKed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
>>
>> Please don't clutter the code with checks for CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST.
>
> Do you mean: 'asm-generic' should not support 'COMPILE_TEST' (the
> platform should not support 'COMPILE_TEST") ?
>
> Or you mean: 'COMPILE_TEST' should not exist in kernel ?
I mean that COMPILE_TEST should exist in Kconfig files only.
It's only meant to have more compile coverage, not to "fix" (through #ifdef)
more code to make it compile.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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