linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memory: fsl_ifc: Make FSL

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Message-ID: <e3aa72af-c824-4b71-a99d-c0b9294bfd8a@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 08:53:26 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Esben Haabendal <esben@...nix.com>
Cc: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>,
 Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>, Michael Walle <mwalle@...nel.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memory: fsl_ifc: Make FSL_IFC config visible and
 selectable

On 27/05/2024 09:47, Esben Haabendal wrote:
> 
> Ok, I seem to still be confused as to what you want from me. If you are
> saying that the kernel is not supposed to care about out-of-tree DTS
> (and thereby any bootloader provided DTB), I would like to bring your
> attention to arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/ls/ls1021a-twr.dts in upstream:
> 
> &ifc {
>         #address-cells = <2>;
>         #size-cells = <1>;
>         /* NOR Flash on board */
>         ranges = <0x0 0x0 0x0 0x60000000 0x08000000>;
>         status = "okay";
> 
>         nor@0,0 {
>                 #address-cells = <1>;
>                 #size-cells = <1>;
>                 compatible = "cfi-flash";
>                 reg = <0x0 0x0 0x8000000>;
>                 big-endian;
>                 bank-width = <2>;
>                 device-width = <1>;
>         };
> };
> 

I don't understand why it took so many emails to answer that (my first)
question... Sounds good, however you did not update the existing select.
Drivers are not supposed to select user-visible symbols (leads to
issues), so you need to change it to depends and update defconfigs.




Best regards,
Krzysztof