Re: [PATCH v4 02/11] mfd: Add support for Kontron sl28cpld management controller

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:09 PM Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 2020-06-05 10:01, schrieb Andy Shevchenko:
> > On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:16 AM Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> >> +       bool "Kontron sl28 core driver"
> >> +       depends on I2C=y
> >
> > Why not module?
>
> There are users of the interupt lines provided by the interrupt
> controller.
> For example, the gpio-button driver. If this is compiled into the kernel
> (which it is by default in the arm64 defconfig), probing will fail
> because
> the interrupt is not found. Is there a better way for that? I guess the
> same
> is true for the GPIO driver.

And GPIO nicely handles this via deferred probe mechanism. Why it
can't be used here?
So, we really need to have a strong argument to limit module nowadays
to be only builtin.

...

> >> +       depends on OF
> >
> > I didn't find an evidence this is needed.

> >> +#include <linux/of_platform.h>
> >
> > No evidence of user of this.
> > I think you meant mod_devicetable.h.
>
> devm_of_platform_populate(), so I need CONFIG_OF, too right?

Ah, this explains header, thanks!
But it doesn't explain depends OF.

So, perhaps,

depends OF || COMPILE_TEST will be more informative, i.e.
tells "okay, this driver can be compiled w/o OF, but won't be functional".

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko