Re: [PATCH 1/3] usb: gadget: function: 9pfs

[Alan Stern]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 01:04:08PM +0900, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Alan Stern wrote on Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:17:34PM -0500:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig
> > > index b3592bcb0f966..72cdecaef6aa9 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig
> > > @@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ config USB_F_ACM
> > >  config USB_F_SS_LB
> > >  	tristate
> > >  
> > > +config USB_F_9PFS
> > > +	tristate
> > > +	select NET_9P
> > > +
> > >  config USB_U_SERIAL
> > >  	tristate
> > >  
> > > @@ -363,6 +367,13 @@ config USB_CONFIGFS_F_LB_SS
> > >  	  test software, like the "usbtest" driver, to put your hardware
> > >  	  and its driver through a basic set of functional tests.
> > >  
> > > +config USB_CONFIGFS_F_9PFS
> > > +	bool "9pfs over usb gadget"
> > > +	depends on USB_CONFIGFS
> > > +	select USB_F_9PFS
> > > +	help
> > > +	  9pfs support for usb gadget
> > 
> > This may be a dumb question, but what is the purpose of this CONFIG
> > symbol?  It doesn't get used by any of the patches in this series, as
> > far as I can see.
> 
> USB_F_9PFS cannot be selected directly in menuconfig so this allows
> configuring the build option -- that appears to be how the other usb
> gadgets are configured so I assume it's done that way for consistency
> more than out of necessity (I don't see a problem in making the build
> system use USB_CONFIGFS_F_9PFS directly, it'd just be different from the
> rest)

Oh, I see.  Patch 2/3 selects USB_F_9PFS directly in legacy/Kconfig 
without touching USB_CONFIGFS_F_9PFS.  Thus they need to be separate 
symbols.

That explains it, thanks.

Alan Stern