Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/Kconfig: move and modify CONFIG_I8K

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 2/7/22 19:29, Mateusz Jończyk wrote:
> In Kconfig, inside the "Processor type and features" menu, there is
> the CONFIG_I8K option: "Dell i8k legacy laptop support". This is
> very confusing - enabling CONFIG_I8K is not required for the kernel to
> support old Dell laptops. This option is specific to the dell-smm-hwmon
> driver, which mostly exports some hardware monitoring information and
> allows the user to change fan speed.
> 
> This option is misplaced, so move CONFIG_I8K to drivers/hwmon/Kconfig,
> where it belongs.
> 
> Also, modify the dependency order - change
>         select SENSORS_DELL_SMM
> to
>         depends on SENSORS_DELL_SMM
> as it is just a configuration option of dell-smm-hwmon. This includes
> changing the option type from tristate to bool. It was tristate because
> it could select CONFIG_SENSORS_DELL_SMM=m .
> 
> When running "make oldconfig" on configurations with
> CONFIG_SENSORS_DELL_SMM enabled , this change will result in an
> additional question (which could be printed several times during
> bisecting). I think that tidying up the configuration is worth it,
> though.
> 
> Next patch tweaks the description of CONFIG_I8K.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@xxxxx>
> Cc: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Gross <markgross@xxxxxxxxxx>

For other reviewers, the only consumer of the CONFIG_I8K
option is drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
which has a couple of:
"#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_I8K)" checks to enable its old
legacy /proc/i8k interface.

So this move definitely makes sense.

I wonder if it would not be better to just completely drop
the old  /proc/i8k interface though ?

With that said, this series looks good to me, so:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>

for the series.

Regards,

Hans




> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig      | 17 -----------------
>  drivers/hwmon/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 9f5bd41bf660..71d4ddd48c02 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1275,23 +1275,6 @@ config TOSHIBA
>  	  Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
>  	  Say N otherwise.
>  
> -config I8K
> -	tristate "Dell i8k legacy laptop support"
> -	depends on HWMON
> -	depends on PROC_FS
> -	select SENSORS_DELL_SMM
> -	help
> -	  This option enables legacy /proc/i8k userspace interface in hwmon
> -	  dell-smm-hwmon driver. Character file /proc/i8k reports bios version,
> -	  temperature and allows controlling fan speeds of Dell laptops via
> -	  System Management Mode. For old Dell laptops (like Dell Inspiron 8000)
> -	  it reports also power and hotkey status. For fan speed control is
> -	  needed userspace package i8kutils.
> -
> -	  Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on old Dell laptops or want to
> -	  use userspace package i8kutils.
> -	  Say N otherwise.
> -
>  config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
>  	bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
>  	depends on X86_32
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> index 8df25f1079ba..dd244aa747ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> @@ -505,6 +505,21 @@ config SENSORS_DELL_SMM
>  	  When option I8K is also enabled this driver provides legacy /proc/i8k
>  	  userspace interface for i8kutils package.
>  
> +config I8K
> +	bool "Dell i8k legacy laptop support"
> +	depends on SENSORS_DELL_SMM
> +	help
> +	  This option enables legacy /proc/i8k userspace interface in hwmon
> +	  dell-smm-hwmon driver. Character file /proc/i8k reports bios version,
> +	  temperature and allows controlling fan speeds of Dell laptops via
> +	  System Management Mode. For old Dell laptops (like Dell Inspiron 8000)
> +	  it reports also power and hotkey status. For fan speed control is
> +	  needed userspace package i8kutils.
> +
> +	  Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on old Dell laptops or want to
> +	  use userspace package i8kutils.
> +	  Say N otherwise.
> +
>  config SENSORS_DA9052_ADC
>  	tristate "Dialog DA9052/DA9053 ADC"
>  	depends on PMIC_DA9052
>