Re: [PATCH 13/22] input: omap: void using mach/*.h headers

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Thu Aug 08 2019 - 18:19:59 EST


On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 11:46:45PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 11:43 PM Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Arnd,
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 11:22:22PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > By using the new linux/soc/ti/omap1-io.h header instead,
> > > compile-testing can be enabled, and a CONFIG_ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
> > > conversion of omap1 may eventually be possible.
> > >
> > > The warning in the header file gets removed in order to
> > > allow CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST.
> >
> > Given that we want to migrate people off this driver everywhere but
> > OMAP1 I wonder why we would want to improve compile coverage of it.
>
> Mainly for consistency: I'm converting all omap1 drivers in this series to
> not rely on mach/* headers and to let them be compiled standalone.
> The other drivers don't have a replacement, so I could treat this different
> from the rest and skip the Kconfig and platform_data changes if you
> prefer.

Yes, because at least with the version you posted we are losing the
#warning telling people to move to matrix_keypad. We could do:

#ifndef CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST
#warning ...
#endif

if you really want to allow compiling standalone for testing.

Thanks.

--
Dmitry