Re: RFC: build config via DT names

[Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>]

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On 02/10/18 07:52, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've regularily have the task of configuring a kernel for a given DT.
> To make this a little bit easier, I'd like to do this automatically.
> 
> The tuff task here is getting a mapping between dt compatible strings
> and corresponding CONFIG_* flags. Automatically extracting it from the
> source code seems pretty tricky, especially w/ corner cases (eg. some
> drivers support groups of devices, depending on config options) - IMHO
> it will need some code changes anyways.
> 
> Therefore I propose a simple approach using the existing Kconfig system:
> 
> Add an extra (toplevel) menu and config flag naming scheme which
> directly map DT compatible strings to config flags. For example:
> 
>> fsl,mpc5200-gpio <=> CONFIG_DTDEV_FSL_MPC5200_GPIO
> 
>> config CONFIG_DTDEV_FSL_MPC5200_GPIO
>>    tristate "fsl,mpc5200-gpio"
>>    select GPIO_MPC5200
> 
> Note that these flags are separate from the actual drivers - they just
> enable them automatically. Of course they'll have to be maintained by
> the driver maintainers.
> 
> 
> What do you think about this idea ?
> 
> 
> --mtx
>