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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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On Sunday, July 31, 2016 11:27:53 PM CEST Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:44:23AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>  
> > config FOO
> >       bool "foo driver" if COMPILE_TEST && !ARCH_FOO
> >       default ARCH_FOO
> >       depends on GPIOLIB && I2C && OF && WHATEVER
> > 
> > This becomes a silent always-on symbol if the platform is used,
> > and user-selectable on every other platform with COMPILE_TEST.
> 
> Yeah this seems a bit more better. I am perhaps thinking to add top
> level arch dependency if required. I will try this out on DMAengine to
> start with and ease my build tests 

Sounds good. Let me know if you end up having to add a 'depends on ARM'
dependency anywhere, as that might indicate that we are doing something
different on ARM that should be done in a more generic way.

	Arnd