linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 05/32] char: impi, tpm: depend on HAS

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Date:   Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:17:00 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Nick Hu <nickhu@...estech.com>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Vincent Chen <deanbo422@...il.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
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        linux-csky@...r.kernel.org,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-integrity <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 05/32] char: impi, tpm: depend on HAS_IOPORT

Hi Niklas,

Thanks for your patch!

On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 5:51 PM Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> In a future patch HAS_IOPORT=n will result in inb()/outb() and friends
> not being declared. We thus need to add this dependency and ifdef
> sections of code using inb()/outb() as alternative access methods.
>
> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/Kconfig             |  3 ++-

Your oneline-summary doesn't cover this file.

>  drivers/char/ipmi/Makefile       | 11 ++++-------
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c |  3 ++-
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c  |  3 +++
>  drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig         |  1 +
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c  | 14 ++++++++++----
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c  | 19 ++++++++-----------
>  7 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
> index 740811893c57..3d046e364e53 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ config TTY_PRINTK_LEVEL
>  config PRINTER
>         tristate "Parallel printer support"
>         depends on PARPORT
> +       depends on HAS_IOPORT

Why? drivers/char/lp.c doesn't use I/O accessors, and should work with
all parport drivers.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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