Re: [PATCH] clocksource: add an "menu" item to Kconfig

[John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>]

On 08/07/2013 09:30 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 08/07/2013 06:21 PM, John Stultz wrote:
>> On 08/07/2013 03:56 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>>> This patch adds a menu item to clocksource' Kconfig file. Without it the
>>> changeable items look somehow lost in the main drivers' menu
>> So I'd like to push back on this a bit and ask why we need user-visible
>> clocksource config options?
> There was one visible Option if I remember correctly. I added two and
> was wondering once I found them. I do have a PCI card which provides a
> clock source and clock events device. So I assumed select <m|y> would
> be doable.

PCI card, eh? (Heh. In writing my previous mail, I think I even wrote 
"These are clocksources soldered to the motherboard, not pci cards!", 
but deleted it as it didn't seem useful. :)

So I think that's actually a first for clocksource drivers.

So, if there are genuinely cross-architecture pluggable clocksources, 
that aren't part of a platform definition, I would be ok with making an 
exception. But I'd want to make sure that we kept a high-bar for adding 
clocksource options, so that folks don't just clutter up the Kconfig menu.

That said, Daniel (now cc'ed - sorry for not cc'ing you earlier!) is now 
in charge of the clocksource directory, so my objections and wishes 
aren't as important as his.

thanks
-john