Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] vfio/nvgpu: Add vfio pci variant module for grace hopper

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>]

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 09:21:23AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 16 May 2023 21:28:35 -0300
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 03:09:14PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > 
> > > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > > > +config NVGPU_VFIO_PCI
> > > > +	tristate "VFIO support for the GPU in the NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip"
> > > > +	depends on ARM64 || (COMPILE_TEST && 64BIT)
> > > > +	select VFIO_PCI_CORE  
> > > 
> > > I think this should be a 'depends on' as well, that's what we have for
> > > the other vfio-pci variant drivers.  
> > 
> > It should be removed completely, AFAICT:
> > 
> > config VFIO_PCI
> >         tristate "Generic VFIO support for any PCI device"
> >         select VFIO_PCI_CORE
> > 
> > Ensures it is turned on
> > 
> > if VFIO_PCI
> > source "drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/Kconfig"
> > endif
> 
> The source command actually comes after the VFIO_PCI endif, the mlx5
> Kconfig is sourced if PCI && MMU.

Ah, I forgot we made the VFIO_PCI_CORE a hidden menu choice, so yeah,
it should be select everywhere and we can't use the IF trick.

> In fact I think it's the current variant drivers that are incorrect to
> make use of 'depends on', this makes those variant drivers implicitly
> depend on VFIO_PCI

Yes

Jason