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Message-ID: <20210210141728.GO351084@piout.net>
Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:17:28 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Steen Hegelund <Steen.Hegelund@...rochip.com>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: PINCTRL_MICROCHIP_SGPIO should depend on
 ARCH_SPARX5 || SOC_VCOREIII

On 10/02/2021 14:53:01+0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Lars,
> 
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 2:45 PM Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com> wrote:
> > Geert Uytterhoeven writes:
> > > the Microsemi/Microchip Serial GPIO device is present only Microsemi
> > > VCore III and Microchip Sparx5 SoCs.  Hence add a dependency on
> > > ARCH_SPARX5 || SOC_VCOREIII, to prevent asking the user about this
> > > driver when configuring a kernel without support for these SoCs.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 7e5ea974e61c8dd0 ("pinctrl: pinctrl-microchip-sgpio: Add pinctrl driver for Microsemi Serial GPIO")
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig
> > > index 113073d5f89bbf70..3b75b1d7d3d1f1b0 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig
> > > @@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ config PINCTRL_OCELOT
> > >
> > >  config PINCTRL_MICROCHIP_SGPIO
> > >         bool "Pinctrl driver for Microsemi/Microchip Serial GPIO"
> > > -       depends on OF
> > > -       depends on HAS_IOMEM
> > > +       depends on OF && HAS_IOMEM
> > > +       depends on ARCH_SPARX5 || SOC_VCOREIII || COMPILE_TEST
> > >         select GPIOLIB
> > >         select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
> > >         select GENERIC_PINCONF
> >
> > Thank you for your patch. Unfortunately, it makes it impossible to use
> > the driver across PCIe - which is a specifically desired configuration.
> >
> > Could you add CONFIG_PCI to the || chain?
> 
> Sure.
> 
> Is PCIe the only other transport over which the register can be accessed?
> Or can this also be done over e.g. SPI, like on Ocelot[1]?
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-gpio/20200511145329.GV34497@piout.net/
> 

Yes, this driver IP is also available on Ocelot (this is SOC_VCOREIII)
so this is also available over SPI.


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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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