Re: [PATCH v0] pata_parport: add driver (PARIDE replacement)

[Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk>]

On Saturday 12 March 2022 09:09:54 Damien Le Moal wrote:
> On 3/12/22 03:55, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > On Friday 11 March 2022 00:59:20 Damien Le Moal wrote:
> >> On 3/11/22 06:28, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> >>> Add pata_parport (PARIDE replacement) core libata driver.
> >>>
> >>> The original paride protocol modules are used for now so allow them to
> >>> be compiled without old PARIDE core.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk>
> >>> ---
> >>>  drivers/Makefile                   |   2 +-
> >>>  drivers/ata/Kconfig                |  22 +
> >>>  drivers/ata/Makefile               |   2 +
> >>>  drivers/ata/parport/Makefile       |   3 +
> >>>  drivers/ata/parport/pata_parport.c | 805 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>  drivers/ata/parport/pata_parport.h | 108 ++++
> >>>  drivers/block/paride/Kconfig       |  32 +-
> >>>  drivers/block/paride/paride.h      |   5 +
> >>>  8 files changed, 962 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >>>  create mode 100644 drivers/ata/parport/Makefile
> >>>  create mode 100644 drivers/ata/parport/pata_parport.c
> >>>  create mode 100644 drivers/ata/parport/pata_parport.h
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
> >>> index a110338c860c..8ec515f3614e 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/Makefile
> >>> +++ b/drivers/Makefile
> >>> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DIO)		+= dio/
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SBUS)		+= sbus/
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_ZORRO)		+= zorro/
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH)	+= block/aoe/
> >>> -obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE) 		+= block/paride/
> >>> +obj-y		 		+= block/paride/
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_TC)		+= tc/
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_USB_PHY)		+= usb/
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_USB)		+= usb/
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >>> index e5641e6c52ee..671c27b77a48 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >>> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >>> @@ -1161,6 +1161,28 @@ config PATA_WINBOND_VLB
> >>>  	  Support for the Winbond W83759A controller on Vesa Local Bus
> >>>  	  systems.
> >>>  
> >>> +config PATA_PARPORT
> >>> +	tristate "Parallel port IDE device support"
> >>> +	depends on PARPORT_PC && PARIDE=n
> >>
> >> This is very confusing. The change above this one switch paride
> >> compilation to be unconditional, regardless of CONFIG_PARIDE value, but
> >> here, you have the dependency to PARIDE=n. I do not understand... Please
> >> clarify.
> > 
> > pata_parport will use existing paride protocol modules. So the paride/ directory must be processed to compile the protocol modules (if they're enabled) even if paride is not enabled.
> > 
> > pata_parport and paride are mutually exclusive because the binary protocol modules are incompatible (the struct pi_adapter is different).
> 
> So if both CONFIG_PARIDE and CONFIG_PATA_PARPORT are disabled, there
> should be no need to compile the core PARIDE code under block/. You
> should have something like:
> 
> In drivers/Makefile:
> 
> -obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE) 		+= block/paride/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_CORE) 	+= block/paride/
> 
> And then have CONFIG_PARIDE and CONFIG_PATA_PARPORT select PARIDE_CORE,
> with CONFIG_PARIDE and CONFIG_PATA_PARPORT being mutually exclusive
> (using "depends on" as you did).
> 
> Here, I am assuming that block/paride is the core code used by both
> PARIDE and PATA_PARPORT. Not sure what PARPORT_PC does nor what its
> dependency on block/paride code is.

There's no common core in block/paride. The block/paride/Makefile says:
obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE)            += paride.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN)       += aten.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_...other protocol drivers

So if PARIDE and all protocol drivers are disabled, nothing is compiled there.

-- 
Ondrej Zary