linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] watchdog: make Siemens Simatic watchdog driver default on platform

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Message-ID: <0f38956f-8d23-4f50-8e76-85fc3e225fd6@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:07:52 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Henning Schild <henning.schild@...mens.com>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tobias Schaffner <tobias.schaffner@...mens.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] watchdog: make Siemens Simatic watchdog driver
 default on platform

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 12:52:11PM +0200, Henning Schild wrote:
> If a user did choose to enable Siemens Simatic platform support they
> likely want that driver to be enabled without having to flip more config
> switches. So we make the watchdog driver config switch default to the
> platform driver switches value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@...mens.com>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> index ee97d89dfc11..ccdbd1109a32 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> @@ -1681,6 +1681,7 @@ config NIC7018_WDT
>  config SIEMENS_SIMATIC_IPC_WDT
>  	tristate "Siemens Simatic IPC Watchdog"
>  	depends on SIEMENS_SIMATIC_IPC
> +	default SIEMENS_SIMATIC_IPC

Why not just "default y" ? That does the same (it will be set to m if
SIEMENS_SIMATIC_IPC=m) without the complexity.

Guenter

>  	select WATCHDOG_CORE
>  	select P2SB
>  	help
> -- 
> 2.41.0
>