Re: [PATCH 1/8] gpio: Add Elba SoC gpio driver for spi cs control

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Brad,

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 3:14 AM Brad Larson <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:40 AM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 4:19 AM Brad Larson <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 11:21 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 4:40 PM Brad Larson <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > > +config GPIO_ELBA_SPICS
> > > > > +       bool "Pensando Elba SPI chip-select"
> > > >
> > > > Can't it be a module? Why?
> > >
> > > All Elba SoC based platforms require this driver to be built-in to boot and
> > > removing the module would result in a variety of exceptions/errors.
> >
> > Needs to be at least in the commit message.
> >
> > > > > +       depends on ARCH_PENSANDO_ELBA_SOC
> > > > > +       help
> > > > > +         Say yes here to support the Pensndo Elba SoC SPI chip-select driver

Pensando

> > > >
> > > > Please give more explanation what it is and why users might need it,
> > > > and also tell users how the module will be named (if there is no
> > > > strong argument why it can't be a  module).
> > > >
> > > Fixed the typo.
> >
> > Yeah, according to the above, you better elaborate what this module is
> > and why people would need it.
> > Also can be a good hint to add
> > default ARCH_MY_COOL_PLATFORM
>
> Regarding the above module question and Kconfig definition, since I
> first looked at this and reviewed the comments I realized I should be
> using builtin.  The file gpio/Kconfig is currently this
>
> config GPIO_ELBA_SPICS
>         def_bool y
>         depends on ARCH_PENSANDO_ELBA_SOC || COMPILE_TEST

That means the driver will default to yes by merely enabling
COMPILE_TEST, which is a no-go.

    config GPIO_ELBA_SPICS
            bool "one-line summary"
            depends on ARCH_PENSANDO_ELBA_SOC || COMPILE_TEST
            default y if ARCH_PENSANDO_ELBA_SOC

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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