Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: Enable Qualcomm UFS and QMP UFS PHY drivers as built-in

[Shawn Guo]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 10:14:23AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 17/04/2026 05:55, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > UFS is the primary storage for Linux rootfs across the breadth of
> > Qualcomm development boards - Mobile, Automotive and IoT.  With
> > Qualcomm UFS host controller driver (SCSI_UFS_QCOM) and the UFS PHY
> > driver (PHY_QCOM_QMP_UFS) as modules, developers need an initramfs
> 
> Yes, you always need initramfs and every developer has it.
> 
> > to boot from UFS, which adds friction to daily development workflows.
> 
> No friction, it's both standard, easy and all of Qualcomm and Linaro
> developers have it solved long time ago.

I'm looking at a kernel regression by running git bisect, where kernel
version string varies for every single boot.  How do you usually deal
with it by using initramfs?

If using initramfs is standard and easy, I wonder why Qualcomm QLI
(meta-qcom) kernel has UFS drivers as built-in.

Shawn