linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] phy: PHY_GOOGLE_USB should depend on ARCH

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Message-ID: <aYNjkj0RYh3VszTn@vaman>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 20:49:46 +0530
From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
	Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>,
	André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>,
	Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>,
	Naveen Kumar <mnkumar@...gle.com>, Roy Luo <royluo@...gle.com>,
	Joy Chakraborty <joychakr@...gle.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: PHY_GOOGLE_USB should depend on ARCH_GOOGLE

Hi Geert,

On 27-01-26, 20:12, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The Google Tensor SoC USB PHY is only present on Google Tensor G5
> (Laguna) SoCs.  Hence add a dependency on ARCH_GOOGLE, to prevent asking
> the user about this driver when configuring a kernel without Google
> Tensor SoC support.

I have three patches for this :-) Looking at it, I prefer Arnd's
approach and not to depend on unknown symbol.

-- 
~Vinod