linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] cpufreq: Add support for RISC-V CPU Frequency scaling drivers

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Message-ID: <11b5aea1-7c6e-4be5-ae01-9c4c869dc98c@sholland.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:09:46 -0600
From: Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
To: Brandon Cheo Fusi <fusibrandon13@...il.com>, viresh.kumar@...aro.org
Cc: aou@...s.berkeley.edu, conor+dt@...nel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 jernej.skrabec@...il.com, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] cpufreq: Add support for RISC-V CPU Frequency scaling
 drivers

Hi Brandon,

On 12/15/23 09:17, Brandon Cheo Fusi wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 12:17 PM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 14-12-23, 11:33, Brandon Cheo Fusi wrote:
>>> Add Kconfig file for cpufreq scaling drivers that can handle RISC-V
>>> CPUs. An entry is included for the Allwinner H6 cpufreq driver that
>>> works with D1.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Brandon Cheo Fusi <fusibrandon13@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig       |  4 ++++
>>>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.riscv | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.riscv
>>
>> We don't have a separate kconfig file for each architecture. Only if
>> there are too many entries for an architecture, we add a new file.
>>
>> --
>> viresh
> 
> The sun50i cpufreq driver is currently only available when CONFIG_ARM or
> CONFIG_ARM64 is selected, so this was the only decent way I could think
> of making it accessible on either one of CONFIG_(ARM | ARM64 | RISC-V).
> Any suggestions for a better workaround ?

Move the option to the main drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig, like QORIQ_CPUFREQ,
which is also used with multiple architectures (PowerPC and ARM, in that
case). We don't want two options for the same driver.

Regards,
Samuel