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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 08/10] arm64: Kconfig.platforms: Add config for Marvell PXA1908 platform
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On Friday, November 3, 2023 4:34:54 PM CET Robin Murphy wrote:
> On 2023-11-02 3:20 pm, Duje Mihanović wrote:
> > +config ARCH_MMP
> > + bool "Marvell MMP SoC Family"
> > + select ARM_GIC
> > + select ARM_ARCH_TIMER
> > + select ARM_SMMU
>
> NAK, not only is selecting user-visible symbols generally frowned upon,
> and ignoring their dependencies even worse, but for a multiplatform
> kernel the user may well want this to be a module.
>
> If having the SMMU driver built-in is somehow fundamentally required for
> this platform to boot, that would represent much bigger problems.

The SoC can boot without SMMU and PDMA, but not GIC, pinctrl or the arch
timer. I see that most other SoCs still select drivers and frameworks they
presumably need for booting, with the exceptions of ARCH_BITMAIN, ARCH_LG1K
and a couple others. Which of these two options should I go for?

Regards,
Duje




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