linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: defconfig: Modularize SX150X GPIO expander

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Message-ID: <14ea3a7f-003d-4893-9c43-c21bd2e7f922@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:02:37 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Fange Zhang <fange.zhang@....qualcomm.com>,
 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, dmitry.baryshkov@....qualcomm.com,
 tingwei.zhang@....qualcomm.com, xiangxu.yin@....qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: defconfig: Modularize SX150X GPIO expander

On 18/08/2025 09:10, Fange Zhang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/18/2025 2:33 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 18/08/2025 06:41, Fange Zhang wrote:
>>> Modularize the SX150X GPIO expander which is equipped on the QCS615 Ride
>>
>> Qualcomm QCS615 Ride
>>
>> You are changing defconfig for all platforms, it's not your personal or
>> company defconfig.
> 
> Thank you for the feedback. Yes, The change is intended to support the 
> Qualcomm QCS615 Ride platform, which is now upstream-ready and actively 
> maintained.
> I believe enabling it as a module ensures it's available without 
> impacting other platforms. While it's not currently used directly in the 
> kernel, having it built as a module allows flexibility for platforms 

Hm? Not used? So this rationale is incorrect.

> like QCS615 that may require it in future use cases.

No, we do not make defconfig changes for future.


Best regards,
Krzysztof