From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AFA9B33B6EA; Tue, 7 Jul 2026 21:16:41 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783459001; cv=none; b=A6uVcE28QlBe012AT/Wbl6l3DSPIvjXyEwEXACVgE7Y4vzaP6u6tAUkgGQ17a9LvWEyrCj+O/6GmeZmfEkpIC+EJjBsVz7YzXRYooiIHbUMWOeR0C5E4efSSxOYuvCprTzK453wDdHf5lF8eG3U1gpcYdfktDZ1L+owyZBx9g8U= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783459001; c=relaxed/simple; bh=OjHpqlAg5MF1Iiyza2/YLamBBIPis/Er/709OxC7A+o=; h=From:Date:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=itbCJi5//3Xnyda1gQKVDrpgV5pbzDtbaPPQ71ZIgUgrQboVUVrpyJ4I2QgfXsnwQSQZdGDKUw8Ym57wdeJLmqkPKBxFqYLJVZ3c4OagK0Yq1HLmbD2M5w9tz5CAQgFX+dpuRESDDEmKPENBz+1NgNfmYQr+u0uc2ahm2wejiOk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=oZ1+4X8Q; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="oZ1+4X8Q" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40D79C2BCF6; Tue, 7 Jul 2026 21:16:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1783459001; bh=OjHpqlAg5MF1Iiyza2/YLamBBIPis/Er/709OxC7A+o=; h=From:Date:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:Reply-To:From; b=oZ1+4X8QJD32+PZJA8UtZDndhYDX93LeHdgS24G0mEAk7OYM+AP9ME49fUSpxgmi+ luRrW+htxwXzYq6RO6tu49oXH8B7YNYn+7yOkt09EXReOzr8AvXP4noa9z8PkF/ZCh eSPC+z789WOW24184BnIVKY3GaaZbsp5QAQJ4ea4xiYnbOZ8Nrn7A/yzaIhS54ieYZ EQYPpy5ea8cU2vGu7/Xu8IRxXXXuRNBvCruPCr2sx3ti61mW/cERN9WWFvqgXnol2j Nwm9qtJcOFb7Dg3/7Ps22SAfX6lWIipoAAepAm8LEvjsDltQreEyd96ACTwXDqkF50 HjzF5SmpYHMKg== Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D54BC44503; Tue, 7 Jul 2026 21:16:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Miao Wang via B4 Relay Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:16:29 +0800 Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 5/7] ipmi: ls2k: Relax the dependency to its mfd driver Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20260708-ls2kbmc-mod-v2-5-2afdd1741766@gmail.com> References: <20260708-ls2kbmc-mod-v2-0-2afdd1741766@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20260708-ls2kbmc-mod-v2-0-2afdd1741766@gmail.com> To: Binbin Zhou , Chong Qiao , Lee Jones , Huacai Chen , Corey Minyard , Linus Walleij , Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Xi Ruoyao , WANG Xuerui , Yinbo Zhu , Jiaxun Yang , mfd@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, Miao Wang X-Mailer: b4 0.14.2 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=1266; i=shankerwangmiao@gmail.com; s=20250715; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=DqOdU6W3FkZ9wJNJOs/NgLGl94jX8Hgep53VmIhV2nQ=; b=owEBbQKS/ZANAwAKAbAx48p7/tluAcsmYgBqTWy2XVz3ApPzEdI2SNhXBf238YqE2zwfSBpMH n2WUuN0u/qJAjMEAAEKAB0WIQREqPWPgPJBxluezBOwMePKe/7ZbgUCak1stgAKCRCwMePKe/7Z bqm3D/9MQsw3k6073js/YOH+ZqftmgwO0Qr/Xgp34IMKDpI0yn6rhiBQosfTMezUAR80LBNkna8 ilD1CFyinknMotXTgdXrlOvnSZjiKyGklxqxE2n0S/06zW/g0h/+afcbVt3QU+Fg56PnA9jkTEl XwfGkMUztR9Uu0qKgdOKVbRrsat81c+MAukc5WUQZxvsJT4q7+sl5YBrsHtPuVfyRVYulaCaA3o FoJONlDolngJBeA+C6EkWBOwhgwYkEfG6oazUEfplISSNwEvTMR5cZmjZJNgiPEFTmkxdN2dt3k MMGlmUUnSelp3wUxGct8iWe1ET+oNnLbfQu7AfrMF7pRn+50SSr07hS0iRO6uMgqvIwOgTRQXq8 so63iYVmXKVSqDXOubeoDxchwdU2TiXGHavo64e54ocPP6WFtdp6kyG9Be0dGOEH0p4Wqr99pIW cWbZ47ViOSiKaaCcsfiRafJVFT2uvaxt0bs5krm6CFAuwer3zOm8QZ7qEN+nl9EWa4cKlls/GTg rSDkb6swFRCpumcsL0UpN1UVBicky/nc9e97TBaUxPx3g62i//XurcH0ZJK9a0k7wNYiLLsVqBz F42S/Z6qTPPa3+p5K/NciUZz8ECNitFwf5fKuOGiA89rktA9TKcJgHm6R4yUl2K73KTbVKsjyZN vsKQ7n05YNuXTYQ== X-Developer-Key: i=shankerwangmiao@gmail.com; a=openpgp; fpr=6FAEFF06B7D212A774C60BFDFA0D166D6632EF4A X-Endpoint-Received: by B4 Relay for shankerwangmiao@gmail.com/20250715 with auth_id=462 X-Original-From: Miao Wang Reply-To: shankerwangmiao@gmail.com From: Miao Wang There is no strong dependency between the IPMI driver and its mfd driver. Although the IPMI driver will not work without the mfd driver, it is not a hard dependency. The IPMI driver can actually be compiled without the mfd driver, and it will just fail to probe. When the mfd driver is loaded, the IPMI driver will probe successfully. Therefore, the dependency of the IPMI driver on its mfd driver should be relaxed to "imply" from "select". This will allow the mfd driver to be compiled as a module and the IPMI driver to be compiled as a part of the ipmi_si module. Fixes: d46651d4e3c0 ("ipmi: Add Loongson-2K BMC support") Signed-off-by: Miao Wang --- drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig index 669f7600019747bcd2b37563477cf336f19a0407..f456e3e89416932f0d21bb742153a503aeb24267 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ config IPMI_IPMB config IPMI_LS2K bool 'Loongson-2K IPMI interface' depends on LOONGARCH - select MFD_LS2K_BMC_CORE + imply MFD_LS2K_BMC_CORE help Provides a driver for Loongson-2K IPMI interfaces. -- 2.49.0