From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755467AbaIQMbH (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:31:07 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com ([209.85.212.171]:60968 "EHLO mail-wi0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754692AbaIQMbG (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:31:06 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:31:00 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: "David E. Box" Cc: hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: iosf: Move Kconfig to proper submenu Message-ID: <20140917123100.GD2704@gmail.com> References: <1409175640-32426-1-git-send-email-david.e.box@linux.intel.com> <1410924386-16977-3-git-send-email-david.e.box@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1410924386-16977-3-git-send-email-david.e.box@linux.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * David E. Box wrote: > Moves Kconfig option to "Processor type and features" menu from main > configuration menu. > > Signed-off-by: David E. Box > --- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 29 ++++++++++++++--------------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index bcbb57d..2db4b1d 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -480,6 +480,20 @@ config X86_INTEL_LPSS > things like clock tree (common clock framework) and pincontrol > which are needed by the LPSS peripheral drivers. > > +config IOSF_MBI > + tristate "Intel System On Chip IOSF Sideband support" > + depends on PCI > + ---help--- > + Enables sideband access to mailbox registers on SoC's. The sideband is > + available on the following platforms. This list is not meant to be > + exclusive. > + - BayTrail > + - Braswell > + - Quark > + > + You should say Y if you are running a kernel on one of these > + platforms. What this help text does not tell us is why such sideband access is useful, why the user should enable it. Thanks, Ingo