Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] ARM: configs: s5pv210_defconfig: enable IIO required by MAX17040

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 07/08/2023 10:55, Andi Shyti wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 10:29:04AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 06/08/2023 00:42, Andi Shyti wrote:
>>> Hi Svyatoslav,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 10:36:13AM +0300, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
>>>> After adding support for passing temperature data from thermal sensor
>>>> to MAX17040 it got dependency on CONFIG_IIO. From all defconfigs
>>>> using MAX17040 only s5pv210_defconfig did not have IIO already enabled
>>>> so let's enable it to avoid regression.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  arch/arm/configs/s5pv210_defconfig | 1 +
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/s5pv210_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/s5pv210_defconfig
>>>> index 4c1e480b5bbd..24070ee3d43e 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/configs/s5pv210_defconfig
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/s5pv210_defconfig
>>>> @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_S3C_DMA=y
>>>>  CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
>>>>  CONFIG_RTC_DRV_MAX8998=m
>>>>  CONFIG_DMADEVICES=y
>>>> +CONFIG_IIO=y
>>>>  CONFIG_PWM=y
>>>>  CONFIG_PWM_SAMSUNG=y
>>>>  CONFIG_PHY_SAMSUNG_USB2=m
>>>
>>> Should this patch be squashed to the previous patch? I think you
>>> break bisectability for this board if you enable iio only here.
>>
>> The defconfig change matters less - distros don't use them - so this
>> points to the fact that patchset affected the users. All existing users
>> of max17040 drivers, who do not enable IIO, will have their setups broken.
> 
> That's why I'm suggesting to squash this patch with the previous.

It would not solve much. All existing users will be still broken.

> 
> Anyway, up to you... except of this note everything looks fine in
> the series.

I would actually prefer not to depend on IIO, but this would require
stubs for missing IIO functions.

Best regards,
Krzysztof