Re: [PATCH v7 3/3] virt: vmgenid: add support for devicetree bindings

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 4:14 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 19/04/2024 16:02, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > Hi Rob,
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM Landge, Sudan <sudanl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>   config VMGENID
> >>>          tristate "Virtual Machine Generation ID driver"
> >>>          default y
> >>> -       depends on ACPI
> >>> +       depends on ACPI || OF
> >>
> >> Version 2 of the patches had these flag but were removed in version3
> >> following the below review comment from Rob:
> >> "One of those is pretty much always enabled, so it can probably be dropped."
> >> reference :
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAL_JsqJoB5CYajWuntMdQrJZir+ZA-69Q0cwvxcVZAqs-mXC+Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Are you sure about that? I see other drivers that depend on `ACPI ||
> > OF`, and this driver is totally useless without either disabled
> > (right?), so the dependency makes sense. I think? Not an expert in
> > this area, so I'm happy to defer to what you know is best, but I did
> > want to lightly pushback a bit.
> >
>
> There are just 18 cases, so I would argue that it's not a real pattern
> but could be just growing organically, without really thinking.
>
> The driver could still be probed on some !ACPI and !OF system via driver
> name matching.
>
> Keeping it as is seems harmless, but OTOH, if this stays, you miss ||
> COMPILE_TEST

Fair enough, I'll ditch it.

Jason