linux-kernel - Re: Problem with commit: x86, iosf: Make IOSF driver modular and usable by more drivers

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Message-ID: <20140825200215.6c0e900f@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:02:15 +0100
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:	Fejes József <jozsef.fejes@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-stable@...r.kernel.org,
	"David E. Box" <david.e.box@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with commit: x86, iosf: Make IOSF driver modular and
 usable by more drivers

> David, any other suggestions?
> Why can't the users of IOSF_MBI just select it?  That's what many other
> drivers do when they need to be sure that some functionality is present.

I think the obvious problem is that most users of IOSF_MBI are
non-obvious and there will be many of them over time.
> 
> I'm surprised that someone else (e.g. Linus) has not complained about the
> 'default m' for this driver.

That's certainly wrong, but drivers that use it should probably
auto-select it or we will get a billion bug reports asking why graphics
doesn't work etc 

Alan
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