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From: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
To: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@nxp.com>,
	ARM-SoC Maintainers <arm@kernel.org>,
	dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@nxp.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>,
	Linux ARM Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 7/7] i.MX defconfig changes for 5.3
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:14:25 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOesGMiWqgBdxZ+XRexxLSEkZ_WuegxgqLmJ4=iBvhTxAJ_okQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190626020213.GF16146@dragon>

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:02 AM Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 05:32:34AM -0700, Olof Johansson wrote:
> > > Anson Huang (6):
> > >       arm64: defconfig: add support for i.MX system controller watchdog
> > >       ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_THERMAL_STATISTICS
> > >       ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Add TPM PWM support by default
> > >       arm64: defconfig: Enable CONFIG_QORIQ_THERMAL
> > >       arm64: defconfig: Add i.MX SCU SoC info driver
> >
> > An SoC info driver shouldn't need to be =y, I think? It exports no in-kernel
> > interfaces, so it should do just fine as a module.
>
> Hmm, soc_device_match() comes out of SoC bus subsystem and will be used
> by device drivers to identify SoC.

Ah, yes of course. But don't we usually use compatible for this?

> >
> >
> > >       arm64: defconfig: Enable CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SNVS_PWRKEY as module
> > >
> > > Fabio Estevam (3):
> > >       arm64: defconfig: Enable CONFIG_SPI_IMX
> > >       ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Enable the OV2680 camera driver
> > >       ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Select CONFIG_NVMEM_SNVS_LPGPR
> > >
> > > Leonard Crestez (6):
> > >       arm64: defconfig: Enable imx8mm clk/pinctrl
> > >       arm64: defconfig: Enable lpi2c for imx8qxp and sensors
> > >       arm64: defconfig: Enable ROHM_BD718XX PMIC for imx8mm-evk
> > >       arm64: defconfig: NVMEM_IMX_OCOTP=y for imx8m
> >
> > And why does this need to be =y? Patch doesn't say.
>
> Sorry for not making it clear in the commit log.  This basically enables
> the access to SoC fuses, where various system information are stored
> there, like CPU speed grading which is needed by cpufreq support.

Having hardware self-describe is nice, not having to populate DT
entries from the bootloader.

> I will rework the patch by putting above info into commit log, and
> resend the PR.

Thanks!


-Olof

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-27  6:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-25  7:52 [GIT PULL 1/7] i.MX drivers change for 5.3 Shawn Guo
2019-06-25  7:53 ` [GIT PULL 2/7] i.MX SoC changes " Shawn Guo
2019-06-25 12:52   ` Olof Johansson
2019-06-25  7:53 ` [GIT PULL 3/7] i.MX DT bindings update " Shawn Guo
2019-06-25 11:51   ` Olof Johansson
2019-06-25  7:53 ` [GIT PULL 4/7] i.MX DT changes with new clock " Shawn Guo
2019-06-25 11:52   ` Olof Johansson
2019-06-25  7:53 ` [GIT PULL 5/7] i.MX arm32 DT changes " Shawn Guo
2019-06-25 11:52   ` Olof Johansson
2019-06-25  7:53 ` [GIT PULL 6/7] i.MX arm64 " Shawn Guo
2019-06-25 11:53   ` Olof Johansson
2019-06-25  7:53 ` [GIT PULL 7/7] i.MX defconfig " Shawn Guo
2019-06-25 12:32   ` Olof Johansson
2019-06-26  2:02     ` Shawn Guo
2019-06-27  2:14       ` Olof Johansson [this message]
2019-06-27 13:25         ` Shawn Guo
2019-06-25 12:45 ` [GIT PULL 1/7] i.MX drivers change " Olof Johansson
2019-06-26  1:48   ` Shawn Guo

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