Re: [PATCHv3 1/4] phy: phy-core: Make GENERIC_PHY an invisible option

[Arun Ramamurthy <arun.ramamurthy@broadcom.com>]

Hi

On 15-05-26 07:19 AM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> HI,
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 02:19:58PM -0700, Arun Ramamurthy wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 15-05-14 05:52 PM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 04:04:10PM -0700, Arun Ramamurthy wrote:
>>>> Most of the phy providers use "select" to enable GENERIC_PHY. Since select
>>>> is only recommended when the config is not visible, GENERIC_PHY is changed
>>>> an invisible option. To maintain consistency, all phy providers are changed
>>>> to "select" GENERIC_PHY and all non-phy drivers use "depends on" when the
>>>> phy framework is explicity required. USB_MUSB_OMAP2PLUS has a cyclic
>>>> dependency, so it is left as "select".
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Arun Ramamurthy <arun.ramamurthy@broadcom.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>   drivers/ata/Kconfig                       | 1 -
>>>>   drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>>>   drivers/phy/Kconfig                       | 4 ++--
>>>>   drivers/usb/host/Kconfig                  | 4 ++--
>>>>   drivers/video/fbdev/exynos/Kconfig        | 2 +-
>>>>   5 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
>>>> index 5f60155..6d2e881 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ config SATA_MV
>>>>   	tristate "Marvell SATA support"
>>>>   	depends on PCI || ARCH_DOVE || ARCH_MV78XX0 || \
>>>>   		   ARCH_MVEBU || ARCH_ORION5X || COMPILE_TEST
>>>> -	select GENERIC_PHY
>>>>   	help
>>>>   	  This option enables support for the Marvell Serial ATA family.
>>>>   	  Currently supports 88SX[56]0[48][01] PCI(-X) chips,
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/Kconfig b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/Kconfig
>>>> index b7b2e47..b6f3eaa 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config VIDEO_S5P_FIMC
>>>>   config VIDEO_S5P_MIPI_CSIS
>>>>   	tristate "S5P/EXYNOS MIPI-CSI2 receiver (MIPI-CSIS) driver"
>>>>   	depends on REGULATOR
>>>> -	select GENERIC_PHY
>>>> +	depends on GENERIC_PHY
>>>>   	help
>>>>   	  This is a V4L2 driver for Samsung S5P and EXYNOS4 SoC MIPI-CSI2
>>>>   	  receiver (MIPI-CSIS) devices.
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/phy/Kconfig
>>>> index 2962de2..edecdb1 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/phy/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/drivers/phy/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
>>>>   menu "PHY Subsystem"
>>>>
>>>>   config GENERIC_PHY
>>>> -	bool "PHY Core"
>>>> +	bool
>>>>   	help
>>>>   	  Generic PHY support.
>>>>
>>>> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ config PHY_MIPHY365X
>>>>   config PHY_RCAR_GEN2
>>>>   	tristate "Renesas R-Car generation 2 USB PHY driver"
>>>>   	depends on ARCH_SHMOBILE
>>>> -	depends on GENERIC_PHY
>>>> +	select GENERIC_PHY
>>>
>>> so some you changed from depends to select...
>>>
>>>>   	help
>>>>   	  Support for USB PHY found on Renesas R-Car generation 2 SoCs.
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
>>>> index 5ad60e4..e2197e2 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ config USB_EHCI_HCD_SPEAR
>>>>   config USB_EHCI_HCD_STI
>>>>   	tristate "Support for ST STiHxxx on-chip EHCI USB controller"
>>>>   	depends on ARCH_STI && OF
>>>> -	select GENERIC_PHY
>>>> +	depends on GENERIC_PHY
>>>
>>> while others you changed from select to depends.
>>>
>>> NAK.
>>>
>> Felipe, I dont understand your concern, could you please explain it more
>> detail?  The logic behind the changes is that in cases where there was an
>> explicit dependency, I changed it to "depends on" and in other cases I
>> changed it to "selects". Thanks
>
> Since GENERIC_PHY is visible from Kconfig, it would be much nicer to
> avoid select altogether.
>
Felipe, after discussion with the maintainers, I have made GENERIC_PHY 
an invisible option as part of this change. Thanks