[PATCH v2] pinctrl: fix unmet dependencies from missing GPIOLIB

From: Julian Braha

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 09:16:52 EST


These 4 options, PINCTRL_PIC32, PINCTRL_STMFX, PINCTRL_IPROC_GPIO, and
PINCTRL_NSP_GPIO all select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP without ensuring GPIOLIB is
enabled, causing unmet dependencies, such as:

WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
Depends on [n]: GPIOLIB [=n]
Selected by [y]:
- PINCTRL_PIC32 [=y] && PINCTRL [=y] && OF [=y] && (MACH_PIC32 || COMPILE_TEST [=y])

Similar options in this subsystem select GPIOLIB, so let's do the same here.

These unmet dependency bugs were found by kconfirm, a static analysis tool for
Kconfig.

Fixes: 2ba384e6c381 ("pinctrl: pinctrl-pic32: Add PIC32 pin control driver")
Fixes: 1490d9f841b1 ("pinctrl: Add STMFX GPIO expander Pinctrl/GPIO driver")
Fixes: b64333ce769c ("pinctrl: cygnus: add gpio/pinconf driver")
Fixes: 8bfcbbbcabe0 ("pinctrl: nsp: add gpio-a driver support for Broadcom NSP SoC")
Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes from v1:
- fix copy-paste mistake in commit message
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260716033441.21330-1-julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx/

---
drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig | 2 ++
drivers/pinctrl/bcm/Kconfig | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig
index c2cdd7b2c49b..ddc60562b770 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ config PINCTRL_PIC32
depends on MACH_PIC32 || COMPILE_TEST
select PINMUX
select GENERIC_PINCONF
+ select GPIOLIB
select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
help
This is the pin controller and gpio driver for Microchip PIC32
@@ -562,6 +563,7 @@ config PINCTRL_STMFX
depends on I2C
depends on HAS_IOMEM
select GENERIC_PINCONF
+ select GPIOLIB
select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
select MFD_STMFX
help
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/Kconfig
index 206f3f1249cf..19d22e7fd11e 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/Kconfig
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ source "drivers/pinctrl/bcm/Kconfig.stb"
config PINCTRL_IPROC_GPIO
bool "Broadcom iProc GPIO (with PINCONF) driver"
depends on ARCH_BCM_IPROC || COMPILE_TEST
+ select GPIOLIB
select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
select PINCONF
select GENERIC_PINCONF
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ config PINCTRL_NS
config PINCTRL_NSP_GPIO
bool "Broadcom NSP GPIO (with PINCONF) driver"
depends on ARCH_BCM_NSP || COMPILE_TEST
+ select GPIOLIB
select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
select PINCONF
select GENERIC_PINCONF
--
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