linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: add an "menu" item to Kconfig

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Message-ID: <5208DB43.6030404@linaro.org>
Date:	Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:55:31 +0200
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
CC:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: add an "menu" item to Kconfig

On 08/07/2013 06:58 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> On 08/07/2013 09:30 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>> On 08/07/2013 06:21 PM, John Stultz wrote:
>>> On 08/07/2013 03:56 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>>>> This patch adds a menu item to clocksource' Kconfig file. Without it
>>>> the
>>>> changeable items look somehow lost in the main drivers' menu
>>> So I'd like to push back on this a bit and ask why we need user-visible
>>> clocksource config options?
>> There was one visible Option if I remember correctly. I added two and
>> was wondering once I found them. I do have a PCI card which provides a
>> clock source and clock events device. So I assumed select <m|y> would
>> be doable.
> 
> PCI card, eh? (Heh. In writing my previous mail, I think I even wrote
> "These are clocksources soldered to the motherboard, not pci cards!",
> but deleted it as it didn't seem useful. :)
> 
> So I think that's actually a first for clocksource drivers.
> 
> So, if there are genuinely cross-architecture pluggable clocksources,
> that aren't part of a platform definition, I would be ok with making an
> exception. But I'd want to make sure that we kept a high-bar for adding
> clocksource options, so that folks don't just clutter up the Kconfig menu.
> 
> That said, Daniel (now cc'ed - sorry for not cc'ing you earlier!) is now
> in charge of the clocksource directory, so my objections and wishes
> aren't as important as his.

Sebastian,

instead of adding a menu item in the Kconfig, is it possible to have
this Kconfig PCI board support to select the right driver ?

Thanks
  -- Daniel


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