Re: [PATCH] firmware: QCOM_SCM: Allow qcom_scm driver to be loadable as a permenent module

[John Stultz]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 4:54 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 04:53:20AM +0000, John Stultz wrote:
> > Allow the qcom_scm driver to be loadable as a permenent module.
>
> This feels like a regression, it should be allowed to be a module.

I'm sorry, I'm not sure I'm following you, Greg.  This patch is trying
to enable the driver to be able to be loaded as a module.

> > This still uses the "depends on QCOM_SCM || !QCOM_SCM" bit to
> > ensure that drivers that call into the qcom_scm driver are
> > also built as modules. While not ideal in some cases its the
> > only safe way I can find to avoid build errors without having
> > those drivers select QCOM_SCM and have to force it on (as
> > QCOM_SCM=n can be valid for those drivers).
> >
> > Reviving this now that Saravana's fw_devlink defaults to on,
> > which should avoid loading troubles seen before.
>
> fw_devlink was supposed to resolve these issues and _allow_ code to be
> built as modules and not forced to be built into the kernel.

Right. I'm re-submitting this patch to enable a driver to work as a
module, because earlier attempts to submit it ran into boot trouble
because fw_devlink wasn't yet enabled.

I worry something in my description made it seem otherwise, so let me
know how you read it and I'll try to avoid such confusion in the
future.

thanks
-john