Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] power: reset: add reboot mode driver

[Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>]

[Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] power: reset: add reboot mode driver] On 20/06/2016 (Mon 14:31) Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:

> On 06/20/2016 10:28 AM, Andy Yan wrote:
> > Hi Krzysztof:
> > 
> > On 2016年06月20日 16:09, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 06/20/2016 08:38 AM, Andy Yan wrote:

[...]

> >>> +
> >>> +config SYSCON_REBOOT_MODE
> >>> +    bool "Generic SYSCON regmap reboot mode driver"
> >> Why not tristate?
> > 
> >    I see many reset drivers in this directories  use bool, so I follow
> > them.

Andy - understood, but mistakes done in the past do not justify
repeating them again in the present.  OK, this is not strictly a mistake
in that it causes an error, but it isn't an ideal approach.

> 
> +Cc Paul,
> 
> I don't mind that although I don't see any particular objections for
> making it module-capable. In the same time I just reminded myself about
> Paul Gortmaker's long effort (like [1] [2]) about removing module
> capability from non-modular drivers.

Thanks -- it is nice to see that people are starting to add this to
their review checklist ; early on they were getting added faster than I
could remove them.  :-(   But I think we are making ground now.

For this case, I don't have any bias for it being built-in vs. being
modular, so long as the code is actually consistent with the Kconfig. 

For existing bool settings I just remove the modular references, since I
can't be extending the functionality to include a modular usage when I
can't test it or even be sure if a module has a sensible use case.

Paul.
--

> 
> Following his rationale, I think either this should be a tristate or the
> module stuff should be removed.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/21/180
> [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/13/682
> 
>