Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: select HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM in PPC instead of creating a PPC dependency

[Lukas Bulwahn]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 1:09 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2022, at 11:03 AM, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > Commit cc18e0fea790 ("LIBATA: Add HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM to select
> > PATA_PLATFORM driver") introduces config HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM, and expects
> > that all architectures simply select this config when the architecture
> > supports using the PATA_PLATFORM driver.
> >
> > This is properly implemented already for all architectures except for the
> > powerpc architecture. Implement this for powerpc now.
> >
> > Adjust the config of the powerpc architecture to use the config
> > HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM and simplify the config PATA_PLATFORM to not mention
> > any specific architecture anymore.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
> >  drivers/ata/Kconfig  | 2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> > index 39d71d7701bd..2575e21b6e6b 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> > @@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ config PPC
> >       select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
> >       select HAVE_NMI                         if PERF_EVENTS || (PPC64 && PPC_BOOK3S)
> >       select HAVE_OPTPROBES
> > +     select HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
> >       select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
> >       select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI             if PPC64
> >       select HAVE_PERF_REGS
>
> I don't see a single powerpc machine that creates a
>  name="pata_platform" platform_device. I suspect this was
> only needed bwfore 2007 commit 9cd55be4d223 ("[POWERPC] pasemi:
> Move electra-ide to pata_of_platform"), so the "|| PPC"
> bit should just get removed without adding the HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
> bit.
>

Thanks for your investigation. I will send a corresponding patch v3.

Lukas