RE: [PATCH] usb: hide usb_of_get_companion_dev for CONFIG_USB=n

From: Yoshihiro Shimoda
Date: Sun Aug 19 2018 - 23:22:24 EST


Hi Arnd,

> From: Arnd Bergmann, Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 11:27 PM
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:58 PM Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/Kconfig
> > > index 0a16cbd4e528..663a8bd67a7b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/Kconfig
> > > @@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ config USB_RENESAS_USB3
> > > tristate 'Renesas USB3.0 Peripheral controller'
> > > depends on ARCH_RENESAS || COMPILE_TEST
> > > depends on EXTCON
> > > + depends on USB || !USB
> >
> > Is this some weird standard idiom? It looks really strange.
>
> Yes, and yes.
>
> A less common way to write it is
>
> depends on (USB != m) || m
>
> which some people prefer, but I find even weirder.

Thank you for the patch!

On other thread, John mentions gadget-side drivers should not depend on host-side [1].
So, I submitted a patch today [2]. What do you think about my submitted patch?

[1]
https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=153433776202861&w=2

[2]
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10569847/

Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda

> Arnd