Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: Allow ACPI_I2C_OPREGION if I2C is built as a module

[Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On 24-01-18 16:12, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> On 1/24/2018 9:59 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> TL;DR: I have to NAK this, I'm sorry but with the current state of ACPI we
>> must simply have some stuff builtin to help with probe-ordering issues. Now
>> if the ACPI code where ever to honor the _DEP method everywhere instead of
>> only for battery devices this might change, but even then things will still
>> be tricky.
> 
> Well, the alternative is even worse.

No it is not, if I2C gets builtin things work fine, you proposal does not
fix anything, it merely gives the illusion of being builtin

> Redhat and most other distros configure I2C as a module.

Fedora has stopped building I2C as a module a long time ago already and where
Fedora goes RHEL typically follows.

> With this setup,
> I2C OpRegion support does not get compiled. It doesn't even work let alone to have
> race conditions.

So at least it is consistent then, which makes for a lot easier debugging.

> I2C OpRegion feature is practically dead for most general users unless you recompile
> your own kernel.

Then talk to various distro kernel maintainers and ask them to
set CONFIG_I2C=y.

> There must be a middle ground somewhere.

One thing which comes to mind is to simply not allow building i2c as a module
when ACPI is selected, something like this should work I think:

  config I2C
          tristate "I2C support"
          select RT_MUTEXES
          select IRQ_DOMAIN
+        # force building I2C in on ACPI systems, for opregion availability
+        depends on y || !ACPI

> I had some conversation with Rafael about _DEP support. He is not a big fan :)

Ok.

Regards,

Hans