Re: [PATCH 3/6] arm: configs: spear6xx: Enable PL110 display controller

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Oct 19 2022 - 10:12:47 EST


On Wed, Oct 19, 2022, at 15:48, Köry Maincent wrote:
> Hello Krzysztof,
>
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:38:45 -0400
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 19/10/2022 09:32, Köry Maincent wrote:
>> > From: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Enable the PL110 DRM driver, used by the spear600.
>> >
>> > CONFIG_I2C is dropped from the defconfig as it is selected by CONFIG_DRM.
>>
>> I2C as a user-selectable option should stay. Don't remove such
>> (user-selectable) top-level options just because something else selected it.
>
> As the CONFIG_DRM selects it, the "make savedefconfig" removes it by default.
> Why keeping something that is already automatically enabled by CONFIG_DRM?

It's something that DRM probably should not select, so if this
ever gets fixed in DRM, you get a broken build. Just leaving
the line in there is harmless.

Arnd