Re: [PATCH v2] pmdomain: imx: Make IMX8M/IMX9 BLK_CTRL tristate

From: Marco Felsch

Date: Mon Apr 13 2026 - 09:12:37 EST


On 26-04-13, Zhipeng Wang wrote:
> Convert IMX8M_BLK_CTRL and IMX9_BLK_CTRL from bool to tristate
> to allow building as loadable modules.

Out of curiosity, why do you want to have a PM driver to be buildable as
module?

Regards,
Marco

> Add prompt strings to make these options visible and configurable
> in menuconfig, keeping them enabled by default on appropriate platforms.
>
> Also remove the IMX_GPCV2_PM_DOMAINS dependency from IMX9_BLK_CTRL.
> This dependency was incorrect from the beginning - i.MX93 uses a
> different power domain architecture compared to i.MX8M series:
>
> - i.MX8M uses GPCv2 (General Power Controller v2) for power domain
> management, hence IMX8M_BLK_CTRL correctly depends on it.
>
> - i.MX93 uses BLK_CTRL directly without GPCv2. The hardware doesn't
> have GPCv2 at all.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhipeng Wang <zhipeng.wang_1@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pmdomain/imx/Kconfig | 11 +++++++----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/Kconfig b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/Kconfig
> index 00203615c65e..9168d183b0c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/Kconfig
> @@ -10,15 +10,18 @@ config IMX_GPCV2_PM_DOMAINS
> default y if SOC_IMX7D
>
> config IMX8M_BLK_CTRL
> - bool
> - default SOC_IMX8M && IMX_GPCV2_PM_DOMAINS
> + tristate "i.MX8M BLK CTRL driver"
> + depends on SOC_IMX8M
> + depends on IMX_GPCV2_PM_DOMAINS
> depends on PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS
> depends on COMMON_CLK
> + default y
>
> config IMX9_BLK_CTRL
> - bool
> - default SOC_IMX9 && IMX_GPCV2_PM_DOMAINS
> + tristate "i.MX93 BLK CTRL driver"
> + depends on SOC_IMX9
> depends on PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS
> + default y
>
> config IMX_SCU_PD
> bool "IMX SCU Power Domain driver"
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>
>

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