linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] qoriq: Add platform dependencies

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXvHwZ88hhLzKcEW-tFCFiGdWBaABrirG3k1a9Y1=M_2w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 11:50:17 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>
Cc:     Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...durent.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] qoriq: Add platform dependencies

Hi Li,

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:58 PM Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 6:31 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:
> > Several QorIQ blocks are only present on Freescale or NXP SoCs.
> > This series adds platform dependencies to the corresponding config
> > ymbols, to avoid asking the user about them when configuring a kernel
> > without support for these SoCs.
> >
> > Most patches in this series are independent, but the third patch may
> > cause some Kconfig warnings when applied before the second patch, and
> > enabling the QorIQ CPU frequency scaling driver in a non-Layerscape
> > kernel.
> >
> > Thanks for your comments!
>
> Thanks.  The series looks good to me.
>
> Are we trying to merge them through the various driver subsystems or I
> can also pull them in through the fsl-soc tree.  If we want to go
> through driver subsystems:

"fsl-soc" is safest, if maintainers agree, due to the weak dependency the
randconfig people may notice.
Note that Viresh already applied the 2nd patch to the cpufreq tree.

> Acked-by: Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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