Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] power: reset: add reboot mode driver

[Andy Yan]

Hi Paul:

On 2016å06æ20æ 22:40, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> [Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] power: reset: add reboot mode driver] On 20/06/2016 (Mon 14:31) Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>
> > On 06/20/2016 10:28 AM, Andy Yan wrote:
> > > Hi Krzysztof:
> > >
> > > On 2016å06æ20æ 16:09, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > > On 06/20/2016 08:38 AM, Andy Yan wrote:
> [...]
>
> > > > > +
> > > > > +config SYSCON_REBOOT_MODE
> > > > > +    bool "Generic SYSCON regmap reboot mode driver"
> > > > Why not tristate?
> > >     I see many reset drivers in this directories  use bool, so I follow
> > > them.
> Andy - understood, but mistakes done in the past do not justify
> repeating them again in the present.  OK, this is not strictly a mistake
> in that it causes an error, but it isn't an ideal approach.
>
> > +Cc Paul,
> >
> > I don't mind that although I don't see any particular objections for
> > making it module-capable. In the same time I just reminded myself about
> > Paul Gortmaker's long effort (like [1] [2]) about removing module
> > capability from non-modular drivers.
> Thanks -- it is nice to see that people are starting to add this to
> their review checklist ; early on they were getting added faster than I
> could remove them.  :-(   But I think we are making ground now.
>
> For this case, I don't have any bias for it being built-in vs. being
> modular, so long as the code is actually consistent with the Kconfig.
>
> For existing bool settings I just remove the modular references, since I
> can't be extending the functionality to include a modular usage when I
> can't test it or even be sure if a module has a sensible use case.
>
> Paul.
> --

  I will remove the module related stuff in the next version.
> > Following his rationale, I think either this should be a tristate or the
> > module stuff should be removed.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Krzysztof
> >
> > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/21/180
> > [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/13/682