Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] platform/x86: Add intel_skl_int3472 driver
From: Daniel Scally
Date: Mon Feb 22 2021 - 09:08:42 EST
Hi all
On 22/02/2021 13:07, Daniel Scally wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-int3472/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-int3472/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..b94622245c21
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-int3472/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +config INTEL_SKL_INT3472
> + tristate "Intel SkyLake ACPI INT3472 Driver"
> + depends on ACPI
> + depends on REGULATOR
> + depends on GPIOLIB
> + depends on COMMON_CLK && CLKDEV_LOOKUP
> + depends on I2C
> + select MFD_CORE
> + select REGMAP_I2C
> + help
> + This driver adds support for the INT3472 ACPI devices found on some
> + Intel SkyLake devices.
> +
> + The INT3472 is an Intel camera power controller, a logical device
> + found on some Skylake-based systems that can map to different
> + hardware devices depending on the platform. On machines
> + designed for Chrome OS, it maps to a TPS68470 camera PMIC. On
> + machines designed for Windows, it maps to either a TP68470
> + camera PMIC, a uP6641Q sensor PMIC, or a set of discrete GPIOs
> + and power gates.
> +
> + If your device was designed for Chrome OS, this driver will provide
> + an ACPI OpRegion, which must be available before any of the devices
> + using it are probed. For this reason, you should select Y if your
> + device was designed for ChromeOS. For the same reason the
> + I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM option must be set to Y too.
> +
> + Say Y or M here if you have a SkyLake device designed for use
> + with Windows or ChromeOS. Say N here if you are not sure.
> +
> + The module will be named "intel-skl-int3472"
The Kconfig option for the existing tps68470 driver is a bool which
depends on I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y, giving the following reason:
This option is a bool as it provides an ACPI operation
region, which must be available before any of the devices
using this are probed. This option also configures the
designware-i2c driver to be built-in, for the same reason.
One problem I've faced is that that scenario only applies to some
devices that this new driver can support, so hard-coding it as built in
didn't make much sense. For that reason I opted to set it tristate, but
of course that issue still exists for ChromeOS devices where the
OpRegion will be registered. I opted for simply documenting that
requirement, as is done in aaac4a2eadaa6: "mfd: axp20x-i2c: Document
that this must be builtin on x86", but that's not entirely satisfactory.
Possible alternatives might be setting "depends on
I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y if CHROME_PLATFORMS" or something similar,
though of course the User would still have to realise they need to
build-in the INTEL_SKL_INT3472 Kconfig option too.
Feedback around this issue would be particularly welcome, as I'm not
sure what the best approach might be.