Re: [PATCH 1/3] phy: omap-control: Remove unneeded ifdef CONFIG_OF guard and of_match_ptr

From: Roger Quadros
Date: Fri Mar 06 2015 - 05:06:20 EST


On 05/03/15 17:29, Axel Lin wrote:
> 2015-03-05 18:48 GMT+08:00 Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>:
>> Hi Alex,
> It's Axel.

My apologies Axel.

>
>>
>> Since we're anyways going to fail probe for !CONFIG_OF, why do you want to
>> add the unnecessary device table to the kernel?
>>
>> what are you benefiting from this change?
>
> If the driver works for both dt case and non-dt case, using the ifdef CONFIG_OF
> guard can save a few memory for non-dt case.
> For dt-only driver it is not required because you cannot use the driver
> if !CONFIG_OF. Which means you should not build this driver at all if !CONFIG_OF
> unless you just want to do compile test.

I agree. Kishon do we really need to build these drivers if !CONFIG_OF?

cheers,
-roger
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