Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: serial-multi-instantiate: Don't require both I2C and SPI

[Richard Fitzgerald]

On 13/08/2024 12:21, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
> Change the Kconfig dependency to (I2C || SPI) so that it doesn't
> require both bus subsystems to be enabled. Make a few small changes to
> the code so that the code for a bus is only called if the bus is being
> built.
>
> When SPI support was added to serial-multi-instantiate it created a
> dependency that both CONFIG_I2C and CONFIG_SPI must be enabled.
> Typically they are, but there's no reason why this should be a
> requirement. A specific kernel build could have only I2C devices or
> only SPI devices. It should be possible to use serial-multi-instantiate
> if only I2C or only SPI is enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig                  |  2 +-
>   .../platform/x86/serial-multi-instantiate.c   | 32 ++++++++++++++-----
>   2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> index 665fa9524986..c286742b34ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ config TOPSTAR_LAPTOP
>   
>   config SERIAL_MULTI_INSTANTIATE
>   	tristate "Serial bus multi instantiate pseudo device driver"
> -	depends on I2C && SPI && ACPI
> +	depends on (I2C || SPI) && ACPI

Please don't take this version.
It works better as:

	depends on ACPI
	depends on (I2C && !SPI) || (!I2C && SPI) || (I2C && SPI)

so if I2C or SPI =m then SERIAL_MULTI_INSTANTIATE must be
built as a module.

I will send a V2 with that change.