linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: USB_FOTG210 should depend on ARCH

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:55:04 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: USB_FOTG210 should depend on ARCH_GEMINI

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 4:22 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:

> The Faraday Technology FOTG210 USB2 Dual Role Controller is only present
> on Cortina Systems Gemini SoCs.  Hence add a dependency on ARCH_GEMINI,
> to prevent asking the user about its drivers when configuring a kernel
> without Cortina Systems Gemini SoC support.
>
> Fixes: 1dd33a9f1b95ab59 ("usb: fotg210: Collect pieces of dual mode controller")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Ok that's fair. When Faraday merged these drivers they probably had
some other system(s) in mind, but they don't talk much recently so:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij