Re: [PATCH 1/8] ipmi: ASPEED_BT_IPMI_BMC: select REGMAP_MMIO instead of depending on it

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Feb 26 2023 - 18:49:35 EST




On 2/26/23 14:59, Corey Minyard wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 09:39:46PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> REGMAP is a hidden (not user visible) symbol. Users cannot set it
>> directly thru "make *config", so drivers should select it instead of
>> depending on it if they need it.
>>
>> Consistently using "select" or "depends on" can also help reduce
>> Kconfig circular dependency issues.
>>
>> Therefore, change the use of "depends on REGMAP_MMIO" to
>> "select REGMAP_MMIO", which will also set REGMAP.
>
> This seems reasonable. I can take it into my tree, or..

Just take it, please. I expect that each subsystem maintainer
will take their respective patches.

> Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>> Fixes: eb994594bc22 ("ipmi: bt-bmc: Use a regmap for register access")
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: openipmi-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff -- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
>> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
>> @@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ config IPMI_KCS_BMC_SERIO
>>
>> config ASPEED_BT_IPMI_BMC
>> depends on ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST
>> - depends on REGMAP && REGMAP_MMIO && MFD_SYSCON
>> + depends on MFD_SYSCON
>> + select REGMAP_MMIO
>> tristate "BT IPMI bmc driver"
>> help
>> Provides a driver for the BT (Block Transfer) IPMI interface

--
~Randy