Re: [PATCH] parport: parport_pc: PCI SIO access should also depend on SIO option

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat Apr 30 2016 - 16:56:45 EST


On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 01:09:51PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO toggles Super IO chip support in parport_pc
> code, however only code accessing SIO chip via ISA (or LPC) bus was
> conditional on it.
>
> This patch makes SIO chip accesses via PCI bus also dependent on this
> config option.
>
> It should be noted that Super IO support in parport_pc is needed only when
> firmware has failed to make parallel port available either via PNP or
> on standard I/O ranges and user has one of a few supported SIOs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej S. Szmigiero <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hi Greg,
> This patch is not tested on any superio chip based hardware. (I also
> don't have one).
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2227051.html
>
> I know you dislike adding #ifdef so its upto you.

It's really a messy patch, surely there is a better solution.