Re: [PATCH] counter: Fix menuconfig "Counter support" submenu entries disappearance

[William Breathitt Gray]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 02:00:37PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 6/20/23 10:01, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> > The current placement of the I8254 Kconfig entry results in the
> > disappearance of the "Counter support" submenu items in menuconfig. Move
> > the I8254 above the menuconfig COUNTER entry to restore the intended
> > submenu behavior.
> > 
> > Fixes: d428487471ba ("counter: i8254: Introduce the Intel 8254 interface library module")
> > Reported-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/32ddaa7b-53a8-d61f-d526-b545bd561337@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> but why is I8254 here at all? Users cannot enable it
> and nothing selects it.  Is it a WIP?
> 
> Thanks.

There are pending patches for two drivers to use it: 104-dio-48e[^1] and
stx104[^2]. Those will be picked up in their respective subsystem trees
(by Bart and Jonathan I presume).

William Breathitt Gray

[^1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dc4d0d5ca6ea28eda18815df114ecb21226cb345.1681665189.git.william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx/
[^2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/45d35b6f6e8d51df788b2bc85c456bfd45476b1a.1681665189.git.william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx/

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