linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 3/3] mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for Intel Apollo Lake GPIO pinctrl in non-ACPI system

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:10:08 +0000
From:	"Tan, Jui Nee" <jui.nee.tan@...el.com>
To:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	"heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com" <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	"andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com" 
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	"Yong, Jonathan" <jonathan.yong@...el.com>,
	"Yu, Ong Hock" <ong.hock.yu@...el.com>,
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	"Wan Mohamad, Wan Ahmad Zainie" 
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 3/3] mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for Intel Apollo Lake
 GPIO pinctrl in non-ACPI system



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mika Westerberg [mailto:mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 4:19 PM
> To: Tan, Jui Nee <jui.nee.tan@...el.com>
> Cc: heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com; andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com;
> tglx@...utronix.de; mingo@...hat.com; hpa@...or.com; x86@...nel.org;
> ptyser@...-inc.com; lee.jones@...aro.org; linus.walleij@...aro.org; linux-
> gpio@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Yong, Jonathan
> <jonathan.yong@...el.com>; Yu, Ong Hock <ong.hock.yu@...el.com>; Voon,
> Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>; Wan Mohamad, Wan Ahmad Zainie
> <wan.ahmad.zainie.wan.mohamad@...el.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for Intel Apollo Lake
> GPIO pinctrl in non-ACPI system
> 
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 03:56:48PM +0800, Tan Jui Nee wrote:
> > +config X86_INTEL_APL
> > +	bool "Non-ACPI support for Intel Apollo Lake platforms"
> > +	select PINCTRL
> > +	---help---
> > +	  Select this option to enable MMIO BAR access over the P2SB for
> > +	  non-ACPI Intel Apollo Lake SoC platforms. This driver uses the P2SB
> > +	  hide/unhide mechanism cooperatively to pass the PCI BAR address
> to
> > +	  the platform driver, currently GPIO.
> > +
> 
> Sorry but IMHO this still does not explain the option clearly enough.
> You are using this in some automotive IVI system with specialized
> bootloader, correct? Why not use that here instead?
> 
> Something along the lines of
> 
>   config X86_INTEL_IVI
>       bool "Intel in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems used in cars"
Thanks for your comments. The changes will be applied in next patch-set.