linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mtd: fixup CFI on ixp4xx

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Message-ID: <20210927183328.2f200fc2@xps13>
Date:   Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:33:28 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>,
        Imre Kaloz <kaloz@...nwrt.org>,
        Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@...p.pl>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mtd: fixup CFI on ixp4xx

Hi Arnd,

arnd@...nel.org wrote on Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:10:37 +0200:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> drivers/mtd/maps/ixp4xx.c requires MTD_CFI_BE_BYTE_SWAP to be set
> in order to compile.
> 
> drivers/mtd/maps/ixp4xx.c:57:4: error: #error CONFIG_MTD_CFI_BE_BYTE_SWAP required
> 
> This patch avoids the #error output by enforcing the policy in
> Kconfig. Not sure if this is the right approach, but it helps doing
> randconfig builds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> Any other ideas for how to address it?

I am fine with the approach. Should I wait for someone else's Ack?

Thanks,
Miquèl

> ---
>  drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig | 2 ++
>  drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig  | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
> index aef14990e5f7..19726ebd973d 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
> @@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ choice
>  	  LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTE, if the bytes are reversed.
>  
>  config MTD_CFI_NOSWAP
> +	depends on !ARCH_IXP4XX || CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
>  	bool "NO"
>  
>  config MTD_CFI_BE_BYTE_SWAP
>  	bool "BIG_ENDIAN_BYTE"
>  
>  config MTD_CFI_LE_BYTE_SWAP
> +	depends on !ARCH_IXP4XX
>  	bool "LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTE"
>  
>  endchoice
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
> index aaa164b977fe..4945caa88345 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
> @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ config MTD_DC21285
>  
>  config MTD_IXP4XX
>  	tristate "CFI Flash device mapped on Intel IXP4xx based systems"
> -	depends on MTD_CFI && MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS && ARCH_IXP4XX
> +	depends on MTD_CFI && MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS && ARCH_IXP4XX && MTD_CFI_ADV_OPTIONS
>  	help
>  	  This enables MTD access to flash devices on platforms based
>  	  on Intel's IXP4xx family of network processors such as the