Re: [PATCH] gpio: GPIO_GRGPIO should depend on OF_GPIO

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Bartosz,

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com> wrote:
> > On 2024-10-30 11:03, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > While the Aeroflex Gaisler GRGPIO driver has no build-time dependency on
> > > gpiolib-of, it supports only DT-based configuration, and is used only on
> > > DT systems.  Hence re-add the dependency on OF_GPIO, to prevent asking
> > > the user about this driver when configuring a kernel without DT support.
> > >
> > > Fixes: bc40668def384256 ("gpio: grgpio: drop Kconfig dependency on OF_GPIO")
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

> > > --- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> > > @@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ config GPIO_GRANITERAPIDS
> > >
> > >  config GPIO_GRGPIO
> > >       tristate "Aeroflex Gaisler GRGPIO support"
> > > +     depends on OF_GPIO || COMPILE_TEST
> > >       select GPIO_GENERIC
> > >       select IRQ_DOMAIN
> > >       help
> >
> > Or alternatively:
> >
> >         depends on OF || COMPILE_TEST
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>

> Yes, if anything it should depend on CONFIG_OF but is this really an
> issue if this shows up as an option in Kconfig? It's not a hard no
> from my side and I have heard a similar comment from Torvalds already
> but I really don't get it: do people go through all the make config
> prompts on a daily basis instead of using some base config and doing
> make olddefconfig or menuconfig at worst?

I never use "make olddefconfig" or "make menuconfig".
I always use "make oldconfig".  How else do you find out about new
driver support for the hardware you are interested in?
I also compare the resulting config to what I had before, to catch new
dependencies that suddenly make an option unavailable.

The kernel has 20K Kconfig options. It's nearly impossible to configure
a kernel from scratch. Being able to filter out the thousands of
questions that cannot possibly apply to the hardware you are configuring
your kernel for is a big win. Times the number of people doing this...

Thanks for applying ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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