From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com, jacob.jun.pan@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] x86: IOSF: Change IOSF_MBI Kconfig to default y
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:26:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <530EB05C.8060803@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1393443617-8923-3-git-send-email-david.e.box@linux.intel.com>
On 02/26/2014 11:40 AM, David E. Box wrote:
> From: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>
>
> The IOSF Mailbox interface is an access mechanism used by multiple drivers to
> communicate with key configuration registers on new Intel SOC platforms. The
> interface is ubiquitous enough that we need to ensure the availability of the
> driver in non-EXPERT configured x86 kernels.
>
> Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>
Hi David,
Could you please update the patch description to explain to people who
may not be familiar why the IOSF driver can't be a module?
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-27 3:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-12 23:34 [PATCH] x86: iosf_mbi: Provide dummy functions if CONFIG_IOSF_MBI not set David E. Box
2014-02-23 1:02 ` [PATCH RESEND] " David E. Box
2014-02-24 13:19 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-02-24 13:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-02-24 13:29 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-02-25 2:47 ` [PATCH V2 0/2] x86: IOSF: Add loadable module support David E. Box
2014-02-26 19:40 ` [PATCH V3 " David E. Box
2014-02-28 17:47 ` [PATCH V4 " David E. Box
2014-02-28 18:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-03-01 2:40 ` [PATCH V5 " David E. Box
2014-03-03 7:01 ` Li, Aubrey
2014-03-03 15:58 ` David E. Box
2014-03-03 22:15 ` Li, Aubrey
2014-03-03 23:01 ` David E. Box
2014-03-01 2:40 ` [PATCH V5 1/2] x86: IOSF: add dummy functions for loadable modules David E. Box
2014-03-01 20:34 ` [tip:x86/platform] x86, iosf: Add " tip-bot for David E. Box
2014-03-03 7:21 ` [PATCH V5 1/2] x86: IOSF: add " Li, Aubrey
2014-03-03 12:20 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-01 2:40 ` [PATCH V5 2/2] x86: IOSF: Change IOSF_MBI Kconfig to default y David E. Box
2014-03-03 7:07 ` Li, Aubrey
2014-03-03 16:25 ` David E. Box
2014-02-28 17:47 ` [PATCH V4 1/2] x86: IOSF: add dummy functions for loadable modules David E. Box
2014-02-28 17:47 ` [PATCH V4 2/2] x86: IOSF: Change IOSF_MBI Kconfig to default y David E. Box
2014-02-26 19:40 ` [PATCH V3 1/2] x86: IOSF: add dummy functions for loadable modules David E. Box
2014-02-26 19:40 ` [PATCH V3 2/2] x86: IOSF: Change IOSF_MBI Kconfig to default y David E. Box
2014-02-27 3:26 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-02-27 16:50 ` [PATCH RESEND " David E. Box
2014-02-25 2:47 ` [PATCH V2 1/2] x86: IOSF: add dummy functions for loadable modules David E. Box
2014-02-25 2:47 ` [PATCH V2 2/2] x86: IOSF: Change IOSF_MBI Kconfig to default y David E. Box
2014-03-01 20:34 ` [tip:x86/platform] x86, iosf: " tip-bot for David E. Box
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