Re: [PATCH] pci: controller: tegra194: remove dependency on Tegra194 SoC

[Jon Hunter]

On 05/01/2026 08:39, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 02, 2026 at 10:58:15AM +0000, Jon Hunter wrote:
> > On 23/12/2025 06:45, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 11:25:30AM +0100, Francesco Lavra wrote:
> > >
> > > + Tegra maintainers
> > >
> > > > This driver runs (for both host and endpoint operation) also on other Tegra
> > > > SoCs (e.g. Tegra234).
> > > > Replace the Kconfig dependency on ARCH_TEGRA_194_SOC with a more generic
> > > > dependency on ARCH_TEGRA; in addition, amend the Kconfig help text to
> > > > reflect the fact that this driver is no longer exclusive to Tegra194.
> > >
> > > I vaguely remember asking about this a while back during some other patch review
> > > and I don't remember what we concluded.
> > > > Thierry, Jon, thoughts?
> >
> > So ARCH_TEGRA means that this can be enabled for the legacy 32-bit Tegra
> > devices as well as the current 64-bit Tegra devices (such as Tegra194).
> > Given that this driver is only used for Tegra194 and Tegra234, it seems it
> > would be better to only enable this for Tegra194 and Tegra234 instead of any
> > Tegra.
>
> The dependency means, whenever someone tries to enable PCIE_TEGRA194_HOST,
> ARCH_TEGRA should be enabled. So as long as someone not trying to enable
> PCIE_TEGRA194_HOST for 32bit Tegra systems, ARCH_TEGRA should work fine and
> PCIE_TEGRA194_HOST is not selected by arch/arm/configs/tegra_defconfig. So I
> don't see any blocker with this patch. In fact, many other archs do the same.
>
> But I don't like extending the Kconfig with per SoC dependency as it won't
> scale.

Yes normally it does not. However, in this case it will only be used for 
Tegra194 and Tegra234 and not any later devices.

Jon

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