# Re: \[PATCH v5\] fbdev: Remove depends on HAS\_DMA in case of platform dependency

- From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-12-20 18:06:30 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/12/5468893
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/12/5450907/t.md

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On 12/03/2018 01:24 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Remove dependencies on HAS_DMA where a Kconfig symbol depends on another
> symbol that implies HAS_DMA, and, optionally, on "|| COMPILE_TEST".
> In most cases this other symbol is an architecture or platform specific
> symbol, or PCI.
> 
> Generic symbols and drivers without platform dependencies keep their
> dependencies on HAS_DMA, to prevent compiling subsystems or drivers that
> cannot work anyway.
> 
> This simplifies the dependencies, and allows to improve compile-testing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <redacted>

Patch queued for 4.21, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
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