linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v1 3/3] ACPI / PMIC: Add TI PMIC TPS68470 operation region driver

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Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 23:47:25 +0000
From:   "Mani, Rajmohan" <rajmohan.mani@...el.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        "Alexandre Courbot" <gnurou@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "Len Brown" <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 3/3] ACPI / PMIC: Add TI PMIC TPS68470 operation
 region driver

Hi Hans,

> >
> > As PMICs are typically linked to the kernel (vs. being modules),
> > there's no issue with the module name. I would suppose few if any
> > PMICs will be compiled as modules in general.
> 
> Good point about the OpRegion driver usually being built-in, in my experience it
> MUST always be built-in, so the Kconfig option should be a bool. Note this is
> useless unless the mfd driver is also a bool (I would advice to go that
> route) and the mfd driver's Kconfig should select the right i2c bus driver to
> make sure that is built-in too, see for example:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd.git/commit/?h=for-
> mfd-next&id=2f91ded5f8f4fdd67d8daae514b0d434c98ab1e0
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd.git/commit/?h=for-
> mfd-next&id=c5065d8625ebdc164199b99d838ac0636faa7f0b
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd.git/commit/?h=for-
> mfd-next&id=5f125f1f570568a29edf783fba1ebb606d5c6b24
> 
> Which are all recent commits from me dealing with making the mfd driver built-
> in / selecting the i2c bus driver.
> 

Thanks for these links.
I will update the Kconfig and commit messages with relevant description around this.