linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid: intel-thc: fix CONFIG

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Message-ID: <49022s2o-36qo-2s30-9136-q34p10p18r87@xreary.bet>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 10:56:36 +0100 (CET)
From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
cc: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>, 
    Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>, 
    Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
    Basavaraj Natikar <basavaraj.natikar@....com>, Even Xu <even.xu@...el.com>, 
    Xinpeng Sun <xinpeng.sun@...el.com>, 
    Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>, 
    Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>, 
    Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>, 
    Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>, 
    Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid: intel-thc: fix CONFIG_HID dependency

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> In drivers/hid/, most drivers depend on CONFIG_HID, while a couple of the
> drivers in subdirectories instead depend on CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT and use
> 'select HID'. With the newly added INTEL_THC_HID, this causes a build
> warning for a circular dependency:
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for HID
>   Depends on [m]: HID_SUPPORT [=y] && INPUT [=m]
>   Selected by [y]:
>   - INTEL_THC_HID [=y] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && X86_64 [=y] && PCI [=y] && ACPI [=y]
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for INPUT_FF_MEMLESS
>   Depends on [m]: INPUT [=m]
>   Selected by [y]:
>   - HID_MICROSOFT [=y] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y]
>   - GREENASIA_FF [=y] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y] && HID_GREENASIA [=y]
>   - HID_WIIMOTE [=y] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y] && LEDS_CLASS [=y]
>   - ZEROPLUS_FF [=y] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y] && HID_ZEROPLUS [=y]
>   Selected by [m]:
>   - HID_ACRUX_FF [=y] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y] && HID_ACRUX [=m]
>   - HID_EMS_FF [=m] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y]
>   - HID_GOOGLE_STADIA_FF [=m] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y]
>   - PANTHERLORD_FF [=y] && HID_SUPPORT [=y] && HID [=y] && HID_PANTHERLORD [=m]
> 
> It's better to be consistent and always use 'depends on HID' for HID
> drivers. The notable exception here is USB_KBD/USB_MOUSE, which are
> alternative implementations that do not depend on the HID subsystem.
> 
> Do this by extending the "if HID" section below, which means that a few
> of the duplicate "depends on HID" and "depends on INPUT" statements
> can be removed in the process.
> 
> Fixes: 1b2d05384c29 ("HID: intel-thc-hid: Add basic THC driver skeleton")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied to hid.git#for-6.14/upstream-fixes, thanks!

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs