Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:06:24 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] let arm use drivers/Kconfig |
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On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 03:55:54PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 16:48 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > --- linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2-arm/drivers/mtd/Kconfig.old 2006-04-17 14:32:35.000000000 +0200 > > +++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2-arm/drivers/mtd/Kconfig 2006-04-17 15:00:57.000000000 +0200 > > @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ > > # $Id: Kconfig,v 1.11 2005/11/07 11:14:19 gleixner Exp $ > > > > menu "Memory Technology Devices (MTD)" > > + depends on (ALIGNMENT_TRAP || !ARM) > > > > config MTD > > tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support" > > This dependency is incorrect. It's only one or two chip-specific drivers > which require that the architecture correctly handle alignment traps, > and even then it's only actually apparent when used with JFFS2 which > actually _gives_ it an unaligned buffer occasionally. Everything else > works fine. > > Also, I don't want to see this dependency expressed in the MTD Kconfig > file unless it's not arch-specific. Please make a generic > BROKEN_UNALIGNED config option, and set it on all architectures which > need it. Then propose a saner place to put the restriction instead of on > CONFIG_MTD.
Can anyone tell me which chip-specific drivers are affected by this issue so that I can send a patch?
> dwmw2
TIA Adrian
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