Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Nov 2005 01:14:59 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: dell_rbu driver depends on x86[64] |
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:01:44PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > This driver only appears on IA32 & EM64T boxes. > > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> > > > > --- linux-2.6.14/drivers/firmware/Kconfig~ 2005-11-14 19:23:45.000000000 -0500 > > +++ linux-2.6.14/drivers/firmware/Kconfig 2005-11-14 19:24:18.000000000 -0500 > > @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ config EFI_PCDP > > > > config DELL_RBU > > tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs" > > + depends on X86 > > select FW_LOADER > > help > > Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your > > Does it not compile on other architectures? If it does, there's an > argument for leaving it there, for compile coverage.
If this were a "only works on non-x86" driver, I'd agree, but x86 drivers probably get way more coverage than any arch already, so I don't we really gain much by having this available on archs that can't run it.
Dave
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