linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH V4 6/6] riscv: soc: Add Allwinner SoC kconfig option

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Message-ID: <c9b18cf8-d432-8636-52f5-a40a342135fe@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:09:58 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>,
        Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@...gle.com>,
        Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@...ll.eu>,
        philipp.tomsich@...ll.eu, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
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        Wei Wu (吴伟) <lazyparser@...il.com>,
        Drew Fustini <drew@...gleboard.org>,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
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        Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V4 6/6] riscv: soc: Add Allwinner SoC kconfig option

On 14/09/2021 12:13, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 12:07:08PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Sept 2021 at 11:31, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>>> Some subsystem maintainers want drivers to be selected by the SoC
>>> option, this is why you need the 'select SIFIVE_PLIC', but usually
>>> the drivers are selectable with a 'depends on ARCH_SUNXI ||
>>> COMPILE_TEST' and enabled in the defconfig.
>>
>> I would say selecting drivers is even more useful for distros and
>> other downstream users. Especially in the ARM world where we have so
>> many different SoCs - how could a distro person know which driver is
>> necessary, important or useful? Having all main SoC drivers enabled
>> when ARCH_SUNXI=y, helps distro a lot.
> 
> Imply, maybe, but select is far too painful for everyone else.

If we talk about UART driver, then sure - imply makes sense. But if we
talk about core SoC components necessary for boot (e.g. timers, clocks,
pinctrl), then select is appropriate. There is no point to enable
ARCH_XXX without these core components.


Best regards,
Krzysztof