Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:42:00 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: include drivers/firmware/Kconfig unconditionally |
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On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 11:24 AM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> wrote: > [Cc: +linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org] > > Am 28.09.21 um 09:50 schrieb Arnd Bergmann: > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > > > > Compile-testing drivers that require access to a firmware layer > > fails when that firmware symbol is unavailable. This happened > > twice this week: > > > > - My proposed to change to rework the QCOM_SCM firmware symbol > > broke on ppc64 and others. > > > > - The cs_dsp firmware patch added device specific firmware loader > > into drivers/firmware, which broke on the same set of > > architectures. > > > > We should probably do the same thing for other subsystems as well, > > but fix this one first as this is a dependency for other patches > > getting merged. > >
> With this change, I have the new entries below in my .config: > > ``` > $ diff -u .config.old .config > --- .config.old 2021-10-07 11:38:39.544000000 +0200 > +++ .config 2021-10-09 10:02:03.156000000 +0200 > @@ -1992,6 +1992,25 @@ > > CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y > CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS=y > + > +# > +# Firmware Drivers > +# > + > +# > +# ARM System Control and Management Interface Protocol > +# > +# end of ARM System Control and Management Interface Protocol > + > +# CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP is not set > +# CONFIG_GOOGLE_FIRMWARE is not set > + > +# > +# Tegra firmware driver > +# > +# end of Tegra firmware driver > +# end of Firmware Drivers > + > # CONFIG_GNSS is not set > CONFIG_MTD=m > # CONFIG_MTD_TESTS is not set > ``` > > No idea if the entries could be hidden for platforms not supporting them. > > ARM System Control and Management Interface Protocol ---- > [ ] Add firmware-provided memory map to sysfs > [ ] Google Firmware Drivers ---- > Tegra firmware driver ----
GOOGLE_FIRMWARE should probably depend on something. I highly doubt Google is running servers on e.g. h8300 and nds32.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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