linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]"drm: change DRM_MIPI_DSI module type from "bool" to "tristate".

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Date:   Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:57:11 +0200
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Sun, Jing A" <jing.a.sun@...el.com>,
        "airlied@...ux.ie" <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        "Vetter, Daniel" <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
        a.hajda@...sung.com, Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]"drm: change DRM_MIPI_DSI module type from "bool" to "tristate".

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:28:31 +0200,
Jani Nikula wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, "Sun, Jing A" <jing.a.sun@...el.com> wrote:
> > Dear Maintainers,
> >
> > Please kindly review my patch as below. It's based on the mainline branch.
> >
> > From b401009f79883ac5e9d41525c9d54b800ece2e22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Jing SUN <jing.a.sun@...el.com>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:06:54 +0800
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drm: change DRM_MIPI_DSI module type from "bool" to
> >  "tristate".
> >
> > A lot of drm driver modules, which are designed
> > to be loadable, select DRM_MIPI_DSI, while that
> > being "bool" prevents those from getting reloaded.
> 
> You're missing some lists and people from distribution, added now.
> 
> See the discussion starting at [1]. I don't know if anything has
> happened since then. Takashi?

Unfortunately, nothing seems to have happened since my last patch due
to little interest.  I'd be glad if the patch is revived.

(BTW, I'm traveling in these two weeks, so the further reply will be
 delayed.)


thanks,

Takashi


> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
> 
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/s5hh9bhvj7j.wl-tiwai@suse.de
> 
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jing SUN <jing.a.sun@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > index fc35731..67668a0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ menuconfig DRM
> >  	  (/dev/agpgart) support if it is available for your platform.
> >  
> >  config DRM_MIPI_DSI
> > -	bool
> > +	tristate
> >  	depends on DRM
> >  
> >  config DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV
> 
> -- 
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>