linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/mediatek: stop selecting foreign drivers

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Message-ID: <db89c62e-5346-4e46-b6b3-6cc6b3e5a256@collabora.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:12:45 +0100
From: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
 Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@...nel.org>,
 Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
 Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>, Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
 CK Hu <ck.hu@...iatek.com>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
 Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org>,
 Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>,
 Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/mediatek: stop selecting foreign drivers

Il 18/12/24 12:44, Arnd Bergmann ha scritto:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024, at 11:50, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
>> Il 18/12/24 09:58, Arnd Bergmann ha scritto:
>>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>>
>> The problem is - no PHY no party, it's not going to work without... but
>> I get the
>> reasons behind this change.
>>
>> Are we sure that we can't just add a `depends on PHY_MTK_xxxx` (or extend
>> depends on DRM_MEDIATEK && PHY_MTK_xxx)?
> 
> Doing this wouldn't cause any problems, but it also doesn't
> really help much, you just have to know which devices are
> present and enable all their drivers anyway.
> 
> We used to just select all drivers from arch/arm/mach-*/Kconfig
> on some older platforms, but this was too much of a hassle.
> 
>        Arnd

Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>