linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: SPI_HISI_KUNPENG should depend on ARCH

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Message-ID: <20210413124715.GE5586@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:47:15 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Jay Fang <f.fangjian@...wei.com>, Wei Xu <xuwei5@...ilicon.com>,
        linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: SPI_HISI_KUNPENG should depend on ARCH_HISI

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 02:27:23PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The HiSilicon Kunpeng SPI controller is only present on HiSilicon
> Kunpeng SoCs.  Hence add a dependency on ARCH_HISI, to prevent asking
> the user about this driver when configuring a kernel without Hisilicon
> platform support.

Are you *sure* about this?  HiSilicon produce a wide range of SoCs with
very diverse target markets, this driver looks like it's for enterprise
stuff while most things guarded by that config option look like they're
for embedded applications.

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