Re: [PATCH] peci: PECI should depend on ARCH_ASPEED

Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-30T12:06:50Z

Hi Iwona,

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:37 PM Winiarska, Iwona
<iwona.winiarska@intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-03-29 at 12:08 -0500, Patrick Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 12:33:14PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 11:21:37AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > The Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) is only available on
> > > > Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC) for Intel processors. Currently
> > > > the only supported BMCs are ASpeed BMC SoCs. Hence add a dependency on
> > > > ARCH_ASPEED, to prevent asking the user about the PECI subsystem when
> > > > configuring a kernel without ASpeed SoC support.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 6523d3b2ffa238ac ("peci: Add core infrastructure")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/peci/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/peci/Kconfig b/drivers/peci/Kconfig
> > > > index 89872ad833201510..0d3ef8ba0998d649 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/peci/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/peci/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
> > > >
> > > > menuconfig PECI
> > > > tristate "PECI support"
> > > > + depends on ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST
> > >
> > > I hate ARCH_ dependencies as there is nothing specific with that one
> > > platform that means that this driver subsystem will only work on that
> > > one.
> >
> > The motivation in the commit message isn't even accurate because the chips
> > under ARCH_NPCM are usually used as a BMC as well and PECI is just as important
> > for them. HPE also has a custom chip they use as BMC and they've started the
> > process for upstreaming that support.
>
> "Currently the only supported BMCs are ASpeed BMC SoCs."
> From PECI subsystem perspective (not BMC support in general), it is technically
> true for now - but I agree with Greg and Patrick, this is just artificially
> introducing build-time dependencies where in fact there are none. And yes - we
> would then have to add the "depends on ARCH_YET_ANOTHER_ARCH" to generic
> subsystem anytime we add a new PECI controller. This belongs in the controller
> (and the ASPEED one depends on ARCH_ASPEED).

OK, let's keep it as-is.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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