linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] i2c: I2C_MLXCPLD on ARM64 should depend on ACPI

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Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:57:07 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@...dia.com>,
        Michael Shych <michaelsh@...dia.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] i2c: I2C_MLXCPLD on ARM64 should depend on ACPI

On Mon, Sep 04, 2023 at 02:00:36PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The "i2c_mlxcpld" platform device is only instantiated on X86 systems
> (through drivers/platform/x86/mlx-platform.c), or on ARM64 systems with
> ACPI (through drivers/platform/mellanox/nvsw-sn2201.c).  Hence further
> restrict the dependency on ARM64 to ACPI, to prevent asking the user
> about this driver when configuring an ARM64 kernel without ACPI support.
> 
> While at it, document in the Kconfig help text that the driver supports
> ARM64/ACPI based systems, too.
> 
> Fixes: d7cf993f832ad2a4 ("i2c: mlxcpld: Allow driver to run on ARM64 architecture")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Removed Fixes tag and applied to for-current, thanks!


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