Re: [PATCH v3] staging: media: max96712: drop unneeded dependency on OF_GPIO

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 10:22 AM Bartosz Golaszewski
<bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> OF_GPIO is selected automatically on all OF systems. Any symbols it
> controls also provide stubs and are private to GPIOLIB anyway so there's
> really no reason to select it explicitly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Send the staging patch separately so that it can be picked up for v7.2
> - Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260316-gpio-of-kconfig-v2-0-de2f4b00a0e4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Make gpio-watchdog depend on OF && GPIOLIB
> - Drop picked up patches
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260304-gpio-of-kconfig-v1-0-d597916e79e7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>  drivers/staging/media/max96712/Kconfig | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/max96712/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/max96712/Kconfig
> index 117fadf81bd0..93a2d583e90d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/max96712/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/max96712/Kconfig
> @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
>  config VIDEO_MAX96712
>         tristate "Maxim MAX96712 Quad GMSL2 Deserializer support"
>         depends on I2C
> -       depends on OF_GPIO
>         depends on VIDEO_DEV
>         select V4L2_FWNODE
>         select VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API
> --
> 2.47.3
>

Gentle ping.

Bart