Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: qcom: Make important drivers default

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 6:35 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The main SoC TLMM (Top-Level Multiplexer) pin controller drivers are
> essential for booting up SoCs and are not really optional for a given
> platform.  Kernel should not ask users choice of drivers when that
> choice is obvious and known to the developers that answer should be
> 'yes' or 'module'.
>
> Switch all Qualcomm TLMM pin controller drivers to a default 'yes' for
> ARCH_QCOM.  This has impact:
>
> 1. arm64 defconfig: enable PINCTRL_SM7150, PINCTRL_IPQ9650 and
>    PINCTRL_HAWI, which were not selected before but should be, because
>    these platforms need them for proper boot.
>
> 2. arm qcom_defconfig: no changes.
>
> 3. arm multi_v7 defconfig: enable drivers necessary to boot ARM 32-bit
>    platforms, which are already enabled on qcom_defconfig.
>
> 4. COMPILE_TEST builds: enable by default all drivers for arm or arm64
>    builds, whenever ARCH_QCOM is selected.  This has impact on build
>    time and feels logical, because if one selects ARCH_QCOM then
>    probably by default wants to build test it entirely.  Kernels with
>    COMPILE_TEST are not supposed to be used for booting.
>
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied for v7.2!

Yours,
Linus Walleij