RE: [PATCH] pinctrl: hide subsystem from the populace

From: Stephen Warren
Date: Mon Nov 07 2011 - 11:23:39 EST


Linus Walleij wrote at Monday, November 07, 2011 7:15 AM:
> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Machines that have embedded pin controllers need to select them
> explicitly, so why broadcast their config options to menuconfig.
> We provide a helpful submenu for those machines that do select
> it, making it possible to enable debugging for example.
...
> -menuconfig PINCTRL
> - bool "PINCTRL Support"
> +config PINCTRL
> + bool
> depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> - help
> - This enables the PINCTRL subsystem for controlling pins
> - on chip packages, for example multiplexing pins on primarily
> - PGA and BGA packages for systems on chip.
> -
> - If unsure, say N.

This seems OK.

> if PINCTRL
>
> +menu "Pin controllers"
> + depends on PINCTRL
> +
> config PINMUX
> bool "Support pinmux controllers"
> help

But shouldn't PINMUX and PINMUX_${soc} also have their help text removed;
it seems like if a SoC selects PINCTRL, it would also select PINMUX if
appropriate, and the relevant PINMUX_${soc} too?

I assume there are also patches for arch/arm/mach-${foo}/Kconfig somewhere
to select PINCTRL when appropriate; they didn't show up in my inbox, but
I haven't checked my sub-folders yet, so perhaps they're already there.

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