Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:31:00 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: iosf: Move Kconfig to proper submenu |
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* David E. Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> Moves Kconfig option to "Processor type and features" menu from main > configuration menu. > > Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com> > --- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 29 ++++++++++++++--------------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index bcbb57d..2db4b1d 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -480,6 +480,20 @@ config X86_INTEL_LPSS > things like clock tree (common clock framework) and pincontrol > which are needed by the LPSS peripheral drivers. > > +config IOSF_MBI > + tristate "Intel System On Chip IOSF Sideband support" > + depends on PCI > + ---help--- > + Enables sideband access to mailbox registers on SoC's. The sideband is > + available on the following platforms. This list is not meant to be > + exclusive. > + - BayTrail > + - Braswell > + - Quark > + > + You should say Y if you are running a kernel on one of these > + platforms.
What this help text does not tell us is why such sideband access is useful, why the user should enable it.
Thanks,
Ingo
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