Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Mar 2019 11:34:36 +0000 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux admin <> | Subject | Re: Smarter Kconfig help |
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On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 12:49:40PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 11:52 AM Russell King - ARM Linux admin > <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 10:45:52AM +0100, Lucas Stach wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, den 05.03.2019, 17:31 +0000 schrieb Russell King - ARM Linux admin: > > > > While I totally agree that the irqsteer driver should only default Y on > > > 64bit i.MX SoCs, I'm not really sure what to do about the Kconfig help > > > text. > > > > > > Enumerating SoCs in the Kconfig of a IP block driver is always prone to > > > get outdated. Just as the first example I've been able to come up with, > > > the MMC_SDHCI_ESDHC_IMX help text says: "This selects the Freescale > > > eSDHC/uSDHC controller support found on i.MX25, i.MX35 i.MX5x and > > > i.MX6x.", while the same IP block is to be found on i.MX7 and various > > > i.MX8. > > > > > > For the Kconfig user, who needs to decide if an option is relevant, > > > outdated SoC information is probably just as bad as no information at > > > all. > > > > How about "This option does not apply to AArch32 based SoCs" or > > Negative is usually error prone. > > > "This option should be enabled for i.MX7 and later SoCs" ? > > Why it should be? It can / could be I guess.
I've no idea. I'm just making suggestions - if you have anything better, let's hear it.
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