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Message-ID: <20220624224530.359d16b1@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:45:30 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...ek.ru>
Cc:     Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ptp: ocp: add EEPROM_AT24 dependency

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:53:08 -0700 Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 02:31:41AM +0300, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
> > Various information which is provided via devlink is stored in
> > EEPROM and is not accessible unless at24 eeprom is supported.
> > 
> > Fixes: 773bda964921 ("ptp: ocp: Expose various resources on the timecard.")
> > Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...ek.ru>
> > ---
> >  drivers/ptp/Kconfig | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/ptp/Kconfig b/drivers/ptp/Kconfig
> > index 458218f88c5e..c86be47e69ed 100644
> > --- a/drivers/ptp/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/ptp/Kconfig
> > @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ config PTP_1588_CLOCK_OCP
> >  	tristate "OpenCompute TimeCard as PTP clock"
> >  	depends on PTP_1588_CLOCK
> >  	depends on HAS_IOMEM && PCI
> > -	depends on I2C && MTD
> > +	depends on I2C && EEPROM_AT24 && MTD
> >  	depends on SERIAL_8250
> >  	depends on !S390
> >  	depends on COMMON_CLK  
> 
> The intent was to list the minimum dependencies for the PTP clock to
> operate and for the module to compile.
> 
> While EEPROM_AT24 is needed to read the chip, it can operate without it.
> 
> Full access to all features needs addtional configuration options, for
> example, MTD_SPI_NOR, SPI_XILINX, I2C_XILINX.  These are not required
> for the basic ptp clock operation.  
> 
> I think listing these configuration options would be more appropriate
> in the Documentation entry.

You can try "imply".