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

From: Ricardo Ribalda
Date: Fri Nov 29 2024 - 12:57:30 EST


Thanks for the headsup

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 at 18:45, Herve Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

I have no strong opinion for my version or:

depends on PCI && OF_OVERLAY


Shall I send a v2 or you prefer to handle it yourself?

Regards!

> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/dywwnh7ns47ffndsttstpcsw44avxjvzcddmceha7xavqjdi77@cqdgmpdtywol/
>
> Best regards,
> Hervé



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Ricardo Ribalda