Re: [PATCH] PHY: Exynos: fix I2C dependency for Exynos5250 SATA
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed May 31 2017 - 06:13:11 EST
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Device drivers should not 'select' other subsystems, but rather use
> 'depends on', to avoid Kconfig dependency loops. This one even
> selects a particular I2C host driver for no reason, so we can
> remove the select of that particular driver, and turn the I2C
> 'select' into 'depends on'.
>
> Fixes: bcff4cba41bc ("PHY: Exynos: Add Exynos5250 SATA PHY driver")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/phy/samsung/Kconfig | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/samsung/Kconfig b/drivers/phy/samsung/Kconfig
> index b7e0645a7bd9..76475b01780d 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/samsung/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/phy/samsung/Kconfig
> @@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ config PHY_EXYNOS5250_SATA
> tristate "Exynos5250 Sata SerDes/PHY driver"
> depends on SOC_EXYNOS5250
> depends on HAS_IOMEM
> + depends on I2C
> depends on OF
> select GENERIC_PHY
> - select I2C
> - select I2C_S3C2410
> select MFD_SYSCON
> help
> Enable this to support SATA SerDes/Phy found on Samsung's
I think this effectively might disable the I2C_S3C2410 on
exynos_defconfig. Previously, the defconfig chosen PHY_EXYNOS5250_SATA
which selected the I2C_S3C2410. Now the I2C_S3C2410 will remain
forgotten.
BTW, It might be also useful to do similar for EXTCON and PHY_ROCKCHIP_TYPEC.
Best regards,
Krzysztof