linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: include drivers/firmware/Kconfig unconditionally

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Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2021 08:29:25 +0000
From:   Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
CC:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Simon Trimmer <simont@...nsource.cirrus.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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        <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: include drivers/firmware/Kconfig
 unconditionally

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 09:50:26AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Compile-testing drivers that require access to a firmware layer
> fails when that firmware symbol is unavailable. This happened
> twice this week:
> 
>  - My proposed to change to rework the QCOM_SCM firmware symbol
>    broke on ppc64 and others.
> 
>  - The cs_dsp firmware patch added device specific firmware loader
>    into drivers/firmware, which broke on the same set of
>    architectures.
> 
> We should probably do the same thing for other subsystems as well,
> but fix this one first as this is a dependency for other patches
> getting merged.
> 
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
> Cc: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
> Cc: Simon Trimmer <simont@...nsource.cirrus.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>

Thanks,
Charles