linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: imx: IMX_SCMI_MISC_DRV should depend on ARCH

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVSPVcOYyDBsoHOVZP9RO4=RryefeH7nGUaTUZRL1OtNw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:03:17 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, 
	Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@...il.com>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, 
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>, 
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, imx@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: imx: IMX_SCMI_MISC_DRV should depend on ARCH_MXC

Hi Arnd,

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 3:37 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:
> The i.MX System Controller Management Interface firmware is only present
> on Freescale i.MX SoCs.  Hence add a dependency on ARCH_MXC, to prevent
> asking the user about this driver when configuring a kernel without
> Freescale i.MX platform support.
>
> Fixes: 514b2262ade48a05 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Fix i.MX build dependency")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

The issue this fixes ("the whole world is exposed to i.MX SCMI firmware
questions") is now in v6.13-rc4.

> --- a/drivers/firmware/imx/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/Kconfig
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ config IMX_SCU
>
>  config IMX_SCMI_MISC_DRV
>         tristate "IMX SCMI MISC Protocol driver"
> +       depends on ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
>         default y if ARCH_MXC
>         help
>           The System Controller Management Interface firmware (SCMI FW) is

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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