linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] m68k: make HPDCA and HPAPCI bools

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdW7e-QOjoWqsccvyBLOeoGgeLrE3ERuHv_o3PXBtKAoRg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 10:53:02 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, Philip Blundell <philb@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k: make HPDCA and HPAPCI bools

CC PhilB

On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 at 12:42, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org> wrote:
> The only user -- 8250_hp300 -- tests for CONFIG_HPDCA and CONFIG_HPAPCI.
> It does not test for *_MODULE variants. That means that if someone sets
> the configs to =m, the code is not compiled at all.
>
> There is actually no point having these as tristate. Switch them to
> bool.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org
> ---
>  arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices
> index e6e3efac1840..e277f1bd2de1 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices
> +++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices
> @@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ config AMIGA_BUILTIN_SERIAL
>           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
>
>  config HPDCA
> -       tristate "HP DCA serial support"
> +       bool "HP DCA serial support"
>         depends on DIO && SERIAL_8250
>         help
>           If you want to use the internal "DCA" serial ports on an HP300
>           machine, say Y here.
>
>  config HPAPCI
> -       tristate "HP APCI serial support"
> +       bool "HP APCI serial support"
>         depends on HP300 && SERIAL_8250
>         help
>           If you want to use the internal "APCI" serial ports on an HP400
> --
> 2.51.0