Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] i2c: mv64xxx: Add reset deassert call

[Wolfram Sang]

> > Since RESET_CONTROLLER is not required for those platforms, it really
> > should be optional - and I think the real fix is for the reset controller
> > support to provide stub functions.
> 
> Philipp Zabel suggested that adding a _optional variant that provides stubs
> and doesn't depend on RESET_CONTROLLER is probably better. This keeps the
> compile time checks for drivers requiring it.
> 
> See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/10/220
> 
> I ended up dropping my patch though.

Thanks for the pointer. Well, looks like I need to revert the offending
i2c patches then until this issue is fixed? We can't have
RESET_CONTROLLER (circular dependency) and we can't skip it (build
failures).

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