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Date:   Sat, 25 Jun 2022 13:36:09 -0700
From:   Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...ek.ru>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ptp: ocp: add EEPROM_AT24 dependency

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:45:30PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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".

We have been down this road before.

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAK8P3a3QGF2=WZz6N8wQo2ZQxmVqKToHGmhT4wEtB7tAL+-ruQ@mail.gmail.com/

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210825211733.264844-1-jonathan.lemon@gmail.com/

-- 
Jonathan