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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVajEYsw8HrKw0GwV+09gbtkhjVMuKZ6RSBvq6got=jAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:36:42 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>
Cc:     Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/38] ata: add HAS_IOPORT dependencies

Hi Damien,

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 10:12 AM Damien Le Moal
<damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com> wrote:
> On 3/15/23 17:39, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 1:12 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 HAS_IOPORT as dependency for
> >> those drivers using them.
> >>
> >> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>
> >
> > Thanks for your patch!
> >
> >> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >> @@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ endif # HAS_DMA
> >>
> >>  config ATA_SFF
> >>         bool "ATA SFF support (for legacy IDE and PATA)"
> >> +       depends on HAS_IOPORT
> >>         default y
> >>         help
> >>           This option adds support for ATA controllers with SFF
> >
> > ATA_SFF is a dependency for lots of (S)ATA drivers.
> > (at least) The following don't use I/O port access:
> >
> >     CONFIG_SATA_RCAR (arm/arm64)
> >     CONFIG_PATA_FALCON (m68k/atari and m68k/q40)
> >     CONFIG_PATA_GAYLE (m68k/amiga)
> >     CONFIG_PATA_BUDDHA (m68k/amiga)
> >
> > (at least) The following can use either MMIO or I/O port accesses:
> >
> >     CONFIG_PATA_PLATFORM (m68k/mac)
>
> But for these arch/platforms, would there be any reason to not have HAS_IOPORT ?
> It is supported right now, so we should have HAS_IOPORT for them.

That's the point: on Amiga and Atari, HAS_IOPORT is optional, and
not related to IDE support. On Mac, it is never present.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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