linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 4/8] i2c: thunderx: Add SMBUS alert support

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:39:48 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Jan Glauber <jan.glauber@...iumnetworks.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>,
        Steven.Hill@...iumnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 4/8] i2c: thunderx: Add SMBUS alert support

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:28:59PM +0200, Jan Glauber wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:57:25PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 03:51:30PM +0200, Jan Glauber wrote:
> > > Add SMBUS alert interrupt support. For now only device tree is
> > > supported for specifying the alert. In case of ACPI an error
> > > is returned.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>
> > 
> > What about 'select I2C_SMBUS' in Kconfig and skip all the ifdeffery?
> > 
> 
> Wouldn't that prevent a distribution that has I2C_HELPER_AUTO set
> from enabling the ThunderX i2c driver at all?

From commit e2ca307439fb9df922c3e8891289a2ac05812fb7:

...
Bus drivers which implement SMBus alert should select this option, so
in most cases this option is hidden and the user doesn't have to care
about it.


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