linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] misc: add ge-addon-connector driver

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Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:24:06 +0200
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 "Luca Ceresoli" <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
Cc: "Rob Herring" <robh@...nel.org>,
 "Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
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 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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 "Paul Kocialkowski" <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] misc: add ge-addon-connector driver

On Fri, May 10, 2024, at 09:55, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 09:10:41AM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
>>  
>> +config GE_SUNH_CONNECTOR
>> +	tristate "GE SUNH hotplug add-on connector"
>> +	depends on OF
>> +	select OF_OVERLAY
>> +	select FW_LOADER
>> +	select NVMEM
>> +	select DRM_HOTPLUG_BRIDGE
>
> Can these be depends instead of select?  'select' causes dependencies
> that are hard, if not almost impossible, to detect at times why
> something is being enabled.

I think FW_LOADER needs to be 'select' since it is normally
a hidden symbol and gets selected by its users, all the other
ones should be 'depends on'.

    Arnd