linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] staging: vchiq: Make creation of vchiq cdev optional

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Message-ID: <20210727165526.GA13711@ojas>
Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:25:26 +0530
From:   Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     nsaenz@...nel.org, stefan.wahren@...e.com,
        dan.carpenter@...cle.com, phil@...pberrypi.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] staging: vchiq: Make creation of vchiq cdev
 optional

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:25:01PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 09:50:52PM +0530, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> > Before this commit, vchiq cdev (/dev/vchiq) was always created during
> > platform initialization. Introduce a new Kconfig option
> > CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV which determines if the cdev will be created or not.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig                  | 10 ++++++++++
> >  drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile                 |  5 ++++-
> >  .../vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.h      |  9 +++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig
> > index 4b886293f198..63caa6818d37 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig
> > @@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ config BCM2835_VCHIQ
> >  		Defaults to Y when the Broadcom Videocore services
> >  		are included in the build, N otherwise.
> >  
> > +if BCM2835_VCHIQ
> > +
> > +config VCHIQ_CDEV
> > +	bool "VCHIQ Character Driver"
> > +	help
> > +		Enable the creation of VCHIQ character driver to help
> > +		communicate with the Videocore platform.
> 
> I'll take this, but this really should say more about what this really
> is for.  Who needs this?  Why will I know if I want a character driver
> interface?  What tools talk to this?
> 
> Or conversely, why would I want to turn this off?
> 
> Can you send a follow-on patch that makes this more descriptive?
Hello Greg,

Sure, I can send in a follow up patch explaining this in more detail.

Thank you,
Ojaswin
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h