Re: [PATCH v12] firmware: google: Implement cbmem in sysfs driver

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 10:56:58AM -0600, Jack Rosenthal wrote:
> On 2022-10-04 at 10:51 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > +		A list of ids known to Coreboot can be found in the coreboot
> > > +		source tree at
> > > +		``src/commonlib/bsd/include/commonlib/bsd/cbmem_id.h``.
> > 
> > That will not age well, why not point to the reference in the kernel
> > tree instead?
> 
> There is no copy in the kernel tree.

Then how does the kernel know what to print out?  Why not add such a
reference somewhere?

> > >  config GOOGLE_COREBOOT_TABLE
> > >  	tristate "Coreboot Table Access"
> > >  	depends on HAS_IOMEM && (ACPI || OF)
> > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/google/Makefile
> > > index d17caded5d88..8151e323cc43 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/firmware/google/Makefile
> > > +++ b/drivers/firmware/google/Makefile
> > > @@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GOOGLE_MEMCONSOLE)            += memconsole.o
> > >  obj-$(CONFIG_GOOGLE_MEMCONSOLE_COREBOOT)   += memconsole-coreboot.o
> > >  obj-$(CONFIG_GOOGLE_MEMCONSOLE_X86_LEGACY) += memconsole-x86-legacy.o
> > >  
> > > +# Must come after coreboot_table.o, as this driver depends on that bus type.
> > 
> > Doesn't the linker handle this for us?
> 
> Not in the case of compiling as a built-in module: I observed in this
> scenario the order in the Makefile deterimined the module initialization
> order, and, if this were to be listed alphabetically, the coreboot_table
> module would not have been loaded before the cbmem module.

So is this a runtime dependancy or a symbol/link dependancy?

link one is easy, we always go off of the Makefile order, and if you
move it and it breaks, well obviously move it back.  If it's a runtime
order, then how will you handle one being a module and the other not?

thanks,

greg k-h