Re: [PATCH] misc: Kconfig: Make MCHP_LAN966X_PCI depend on OF, not select it

From: Herve Codina
Date: Fri Nov 29 2024 - 12:45:11 EST


Hi Ricardo,

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:41:17 +0000
Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Most (maybe all?) the drivers depend on OF instead of selecting it. This
> is more convenient for CI because we can have test scripts that do:
> make allyesconfig
> scripts/config -d OF
> make olddefconfig
>
> Without this patch, OF cannot be disabled that way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/Kconfig | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> index 902c306bc972..2ea5f40ff4e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> @@ -612,8 +612,7 @@ config MARVELL_CN10K_DPI
>
> config MCHP_LAN966X_PCI
> tristate "Microchip LAN966x PCIe Support"
> - depends on PCI
> - select OF
> + depends on PCI && OF
> select OF_OVERLAY
> select IRQ_DOMAIN
> help
>
> ---
> base-commit: 7af08b57bcb9ebf78675c50069c54125c0a8b795
> change-id: 20241129-lan966x-depend-8bc69b4954e5
>

Not sure it should be done that way (See [1]). Also I pointed out this
patch in the discussion.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/dywwnh7ns47ffndsttstpcsw44avxjvzcddmceha7xavqjdi77@cqdgmpdtywol/

Best regards,
Hervé