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From: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
To: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
	Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@intel.com>,
	Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH char-misc-next v4 03/13] misc: mic: SCIF Hardware Bus
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:36:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1427790991.2408.51.camel@x220> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c53ee4eb6001327c9330837ca246ab9fe0fa12b6.1427763968.git.sudeep.dutt@intel.com>

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 18:36 -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote:
> --- a/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig

> +config SCIF_BUS
> +	tristate "SCIF Bus Driver"
> +	depends on 64BIT && PCI && X86 && X86_DEV_DMA_OPS

Can't this be simplified to just
	depends on X86_64 && PCI

or is this bus expected to be used outside of 64 bit X86?

> +	help
> +	  This option is selected by any driver which registers a
> +	  device or driver on the SCIF Bus, such as CONFIG_INTEL_MIC_HOST
> +	  and CONFIG_INTEL_MIC_CARD.
> +
> +	  If you are building a host/card kernel with an Intel MIC device
> +	  then say M (recommended) or Y, else say N. If unsure say N.
> +
> +	  More information about the Intel MIC family as well as the Linux
> +	  OS and tools for MIC to use with this driver are available from
> +	  <http://software.intel.com/en-us/mic-developer>.


Paul Bolle


  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-31  8:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-31  1:36 [PATCH char-misc-next v4 00/13] misc: mic: SCIF driver Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 01/13] misc: mic: SCIF header file and IOCTL interface Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 02/13] misc: mic: SCIF ring buffer infrastructure Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 03/13] misc: mic: SCIF Hardware Bus Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  8:36   ` Paul Bolle [this message]
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 04/13] misc: mic: SCIF Peer Bus Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 05/13] misc: mic: Common MIC header file changes in preparation for SCIF Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 06/13] misc: mic: SCIF module initialization Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 07/13] misc: mic: SCIF node queue pair setup management Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 08/13] misc: mic: SCIF open close bind and listen APIs Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  8:39   ` Paul Bolle
2015-03-31 21:13     ` Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 09/13] misc: mic: SCIF connections APIs i.e. accept and connect Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 10/13] misc: mic: SCIF messaging and node enumeration APIs Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 11/13] misc: mic: MIC host driver specific changes to enable SCIF Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  8:42   ` Paul Bolle
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 12/13] misc: mic: MIC card " Sudeep Dutt
2015-03-31  1:36 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 13/13] misc: mic: add support for loading/unloading SCIF driver Sudeep Dutt
2015-04-28 20:45 ` [PATCH char-misc-next v4 00/13] misc: mic: " Sudeep Dutt
2015-04-29 11:27   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-04-29 12:42     ` Sudeep Dutt

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