linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v2] x86: Make Atom PMC driver configurable.

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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:00:35 +0800
From:	"Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v2] x86: Make Atom PMC driver configurable.

On 2014/10/16 10:18, Dave Jones wrote:
> The Atom PMC driver is always built-in, regardless of whether
> the kernel being built is going to be run on an Atom (or even Intel) CPU.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
> Cc: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Cc: aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index f2327e88e07c..b4dfd96aeea8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -2485,7 +2485,8 @@ config X86_DMA_REMAP
>  	depends on STA2X11
>  
>  config PMC_ATOM
> -	def_bool y
> +	tristate "Intel Atom SOC power management controller driver"

PMC driver provides core function like reboot, better to change to
bool, or did you see a scenario it can be as a module?

Thanks,
-Aubrey

> +	default y
>          depends on PCI
>  
>  source "net/Kconfig"
> 
> 

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