linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] EDAC: skx_edac: add ACPI dependency

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a2yE8FGvpN0P8hXnyCpS4h-ZOHeYhSCjE+Ov=7s1TB=5g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2018 14:44:42 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC: skx_edac: add ACPI dependency

On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 12:42 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 10:39:59AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 05:10:13PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 04:32:06PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > We cannot currently select ACPI_ADXL without also enabling the top-level
> > I have to say that Arnd's fix is prettier. With it, we can go back
> > to
> >
> >       select ACPI_ADXL
> >
> > instead of
> >
> >       select ACPI_ADXL if ACPI
>
> Arnd's fix already has that last line in there:
>
>  config EDAC_SKX
>         tristate "Intel Skylake server Integrated MC"
> -       depends on PCI && X86_64 && X86_MCE_INTEL && PCI_MMCONFIG
> +       depends on PCI && X86_64 && X86_MCE_INTEL && PCI_MMCONFIG && ACPI
>         depends on ACPI_NFIT || !ACPI_NFIT # if ACPI_NFIT=m, EDAC_SKX can't be y
>         select DMI
>         select ACPI_ADXL if ACPI
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> so I'm reading this as *additionally* needed, ontop of the ugly fix.
>
> But let's wait until he clarifies first.

No, it was unintentional, the 'if ACPI' can be dropped when we add
'depends on ACPI'.

     Arnd