From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EB4C10F27 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2020 08:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B4220728 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2020 08:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726403AbgCIIDW (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2020 04:03:22 -0400 Received: from mail-oi1-f196.google.com ([209.85.167.196]:35604 "EHLO mail-oi1-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725796AbgCIIDW (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2020 04:03:22 -0400 Received: by mail-oi1-f196.google.com with SMTP id c1so9270934oiy.2; Mon, 09 Mar 2020 01:03:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=GlxhLCzBWLBcTK+nyEBCaSV9wLdQnn+A1WWbazSD9FQ=; b=rPFL2MfES7IiWTY8Bsaxd5pvF6mnvHWFxpvFJvlFP2W3KbqonEv2RoQS7v+IFFFpgd Wssv4CpZOjWf9oeNB7NLlyARb1vOKPVF3piObGyKcYhAKmvJYYXdT9WaEpyOH46aKX2l qsYuWNPsTEI01BU0Em+ssRcmA+5h2fY16mxJrxDf39jpo8VvpzcLM46RT4YRPIRVVLGJ j/JbyZRrD6crUlLoopxQbDJ9Noznm6oQVCSLlKmeAP+tsYDT4ztNBq6hPJ7ygFN7OrfJ WQG1cVgs7y3bg3UnAK90Z/ZXG/N8Ljew/WOpk7/dBKlW578b4JWvFxY3zTnr98ev0yV8 pE/w== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ3DJbfB5Eu9OGpBXKvdgoTkw8A6POBTgSj9yBb9TXs7CW8Pcnqe ljF1FYhGoxrLMwfoXOXJB/G1ynSxNu6OSugTjWg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vsEnvEXz092Ba8rHTDMlFV+mJV7f1t+H+q6yO9aRXpnLYyqXDaEvw5trHzcZDuV1wPX+OKtcn4+88iZFeSMFyk= X-Received: by 2002:aca:1a06:: with SMTP id a6mr10074950oia.148.1583741001068; Mon, 09 Mar 2020 01:03:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200305103228.9686-1-zhang.lyra@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200305103228.9686-1-zhang.lyra@gmail.com> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 09:03:09 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: change ARCH_SPRD Kconfig to tristate To: Chunyan Zhang Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Jiri Slaby , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Chunyan Zhang , "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" , Baolin Wang , Orson Zhai , Linux ARM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Hi Chunyan. On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:33 AM Chunyan Zhang wrote: > From: Chunyan Zhang > > The default value of Kconfig for almost all sprd drivers are the same with > ARCH_SPRD, making these drivers built as modules as default would be easier > if we can set ARCH_SPRD as 'm', so this patch change ARCH_SPRD to tristate. > > Signed-off-by: Chunyan Zhang Can you actually boot a kernel on a Spreadtrum platform when all platform and driver support is modular? > +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms > @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ config ARCH_TEGRA > This enables support for the NVIDIA Tegra SoC family. > > config ARCH_SPRD > - bool "Spreadtrum SoC platform" > + tristate "Spreadtrum SoC platform" > help > Support for Spreadtrum ARM based SoCs Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds