From: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
To: "Gupta, Akshay" <Akshay.Gupta@amd.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <naveenkrishna.chatradhi@amd.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Target architecture of amd-sbi driver
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:22:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250915142213.3fa69cd8@endymion> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5c9f7100-0e59-4237-a252-43c3ee4802a2@amd.com>
On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:04:37 +0530, Gupta, Akshay wrote:
> On 9/15/2025 2:58 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > The amd-sbi Linux driver (sbrmi-i2c kernel module) can currently be
> > selected on all architectures. Is this driver intended to be used on
> > the host, or on the BMC, or both?
> >
> > If it's an host-side driver, it should not be proposed on non-x86
> > architectures by default and we should add a hardware dependency to it
> > (or'd with COMPILE_TEST to preserve build testing coverage). What do
> > you think?
>
> Its not a host-side driver and is intended for BMC. Today we are using
> over ARM and ARM64 BMC.
OK, thanks for clarifying. I think this information could be added to
Kconfig to benefit to all users and help them decide if they want to
build the driver or not. I'll send a patch.
--
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-15 12:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-15 9:28 Target architecture of amd-sbi driver Jean Delvare
2025-09-15 10:34 ` Gupta, Akshay
2025-09-15 12:22 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
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