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

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Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:04:10 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	"Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	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 Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:00:35AM +0800, Li, Aubrey wrote:
 > 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?

All the MODULE_* stuff in arch/x86/kernel/pmc_atom.c threw me off.
It could also use a help text.  I suspect you might be in a better
position than me to write one though.

	Dave

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