linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi-nor: intel-spi: Fix Kconfig dependency to LPC

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Message-ID: <20171023121240.GE29656@lahna.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:12:40 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@...il.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stefan Roese <sr@...x.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi-nor: intel-spi: Fix Kconfig dependency to LPC_ICH

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 09:38:57PM +0800, Bin Meng wrote:
> > Also, the 'depends on EXPERT' statement looks misplaced,
> > enabling EXPERT should only be there to allow you to turn
> > extra things *off*, not to hide device drivers.
> >
> 
> I will leave this to Mika to comment the "EXPERT" usage. If we remove
> this, I think that should be another patch and the documentation of
> this driver should be updated too.

Yeah, I guess we can remove that EXPERT dependency. It was added there
exactly because I did not want ordinary users playing with the device
and inadvertently overwrite their BIOSes (if it is not protected). I
also agree it should be a separate patch. Do you want to do that or
should I?