Re: [PATCH] gpio: drop Kconfig dependencies from symbol GPIO_TN48M_CPLD

[Robert Marko]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > MFD_TN48M_CPLD is an undefined Kconfig symbol, so remove its use
> > in drivers/gpio/Kconfig.
> > Drop COMPILE_TEST so that the driver can be built at any time.
> >
> > Fixes: b3dcb5de6209 ("gpio: Add Delta TN48M CPLD GPIO driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Cc: Robert Marko <robert.marko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >  drivers/gpio/Kconfig |    1 -
> >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > --- linux-next-20260105.orig/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> > +++ linux-next-20260105/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> > @@ -1621,7 +1621,6 @@ config GPIO_TIMBERDALE
> >
> >  config GPIO_TN48M_CPLD
> >         tristate "Delta Networks TN48M switch CPLD GPIO driver"
> > -       depends on MFD_TN48M_CPLD || COMPILE_TEST
> >         select GPIO_REGMAP
> >         help
> >           This enables support for the GPIOs found on the Delta
>
> I see the core MFD part of this driver was reverted by commit
> 540e6a8114d0 ("Revert "mfd: simple-mfd-i2c: Add Delta TN48M CPLD
> support"") years ago. Should this driver even be in the kernel? It
> seems to be useless without the parent driver that supplies the
> regmap?

All of the TN48M related drivers are useless without the simple-mfd parent.

Regards,
Robert
>
> I'm asking, because with your change, it will pop up in people's make
> config and I've been yelled at before for displaying useless options
> so I'm hesitant to make it visible for everyone.
>
> Bart



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