linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] power sequencing updates for v6.11-rc1

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Message-ID: <CAMRc=MfdREubJBjxy-WDZotYWY-uU_6C1N7L8STisoJwtpAgjg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:54:20 +0200
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, 
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>, Srini Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>, 
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] power sequencing updates for v6.11-rc1

On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 4:17 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 at 02:13, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> >
> > This PR contains the core power sequencing framework, the first driver, PCI
> > changes using the pwrseq library (blessed by Bjorn Helgaas) and some fixes
> > that came later.
>
> Hmm. Let's see how this all works out, but I already found an annoyance.
>
> It first asks me about the new PCI power sequencing driver.
>
> And then it asks me separately if I want the power sequencing support.
>
> Now, either this should
>
>  (a) not ask about the generic power sequencing support at all, and
> just select if if a driver that is enabled needs it
>
> OR
>
>  (b) it should ask about power sequencing support and then if you say
> "N", it should not ask about the drivers.
>
> But asking *twice* is definitely not kosher.
>
>             Linus

I didn't notice it because I almost always use menuconfig. I'll look into it.

Bartosz