linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH 6/6] arm64: enable RapidIO menu in Kconfig

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Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2018 06:54:21 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Alexei Colin <acolin@....edu>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, alex.bou9@...il.com,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Linux MIPS Mailing List <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        jwalters@....edu, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 6/6] arm64: enable RapidIO menu in Kconfig

On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 09:45:44AM -0400, Alexei Colin wrote:
> If I move RapidIO option to drivers/Kconfig, then it won't appear under
> the Bus Options/System Support menu, along with other choices for the
> system bus (PCI, PCMCIA, ISA, TC, ...).

It's not like anyone cares.  And FYI, moving all those to
drivers/Kconfig is osmething I will submit for the next merge window.

> Alex explains above that RapidIO
> may be selected as a system bus on some architectures, and users expect
> it to be in the menu in which it has been for some time now.  What
> problem is the current organization causing?

A "system bus" seems like a rather outdated concept to start with.