Re: [PATCH 01/15] soc: qcom: geni-se: allow selection on 32-bit ARM Qualcomm SoCs

[Hardeep Sharma]

On 8/11/2026 6:45 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 03:48:00AM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 09, 2026 at 12:57:00PM +0530, Hardeep Sharma wrote:
> > > Commit e10b198a94c6 ("soc: qcom: Restrict drivers per ARM/ARM64")
> > > tightened QCOM_GENI_SE's dependency to ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST on the
> > > assumption that no ARMv7 Qualcomm SoC uses the GENI Serial Engine
> > > hardware.
> > >
> > > Kuno, a 32-bit ARM Cortex-A7 Qualcomm SoC, uses the GENI-based QUP
> > > wrapper for its debug UART, so this assumption no longer holds.
> > >
> > > Fixes: e10b198a94c6 ("soc: qcom: Restrict drivers per ARM/ARM64")
> > > Signed-off-by: Hardeep Sharma <hardeep.sharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig | 1 -
> > >   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> > > index fd4d4ecd2df0..5b3c9d31fd7f 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> > > @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ config QCOM_COMMAND_DB
> > >   
> > >   config QCOM_GENI_SE
> > >   	tristate "Qualcomm GENI Serial Engine Driver"
> > > -	depends on ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
> > depends on ARM || ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
> Or depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
>
> > >   	default ARCH_QCOM
> > >   	help
> > >   	  This driver is used to manage Generic Interface (GENI) firmware based
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.43.0
> > --
> > With best wishes
> > Dmitry
> Hi Dmitry

Thanks for the review .

QCOM_GENI_SE is a child of "if QCOM_SOC" which is the menuconfig entry 
that guard (almost) the whole Kconfig, and that is already "depends on 
ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST".

Regards