Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:11:36 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_TELCLOCK depends on X86 |
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:59:43 +0200 (CEST) > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > > The telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC depends on X86 > > > > But it compiles on other architectures (doesn't it?) > > And perhaps sometime the hardware will be available on other architectures. > > And there's benefit in being able to compile drivers on other architectures > - sometimes it will catch bugs. > > IOW: what is the reason for making this change?
It does ISA I/O accesses and failed to build for most m68k platforms.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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