Re: [PATCH] ASoC: SOF: sort out Kconfig, again

[Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>]

On 4/28/20 4:27 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The imx8 config keeps causing issues:
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M
>    Depends on [n]: SOUND [=y] && !UML && SND [=y] && SND_SOC [=m] && SND_SOC_SOF_TOPLEVEL [=y] && SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_TOPLEVEL [=y] && IMX_DSP [=n]
>    Selected by [m]:
>    - SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_OF [=m] && SOUND [=y] && !UML && SND [=y] && SND_SOC [=m] && SND_SOC_SOF_TOPLEVEL [=y] && SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_TOPLEVEL [=y] && SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M_SUPPORT [=y]
> 
> This is complicated by two drivers having dependencies on both
> platform specific drivers and the SND_SOC_SOF_OF framework code,
> and using an somewhat obscure method to build them the same way
> as the SOC_SOF_OF symbol (built-in or modular).
> 
> My solution now ensures that the two drivers can only be enabled
> when the dependencies are met:
> 
> - When the platform specific drivers are built-in, everything is
>    fine, as SOC_SOF_OF is either =y or =m
> 
> - When both are loadable modules, it also works, both for Kconfig
>    and at runtime
> 
> - When the hardware drivers are loadable modules or disabled, and
>    SOC_SOF_OF=y, prevent the IMX_SOF_OF drivers from being turned on,
>    as this would be broken.
> 
> It seems that this is just an elaborate way to describe two tristate
> symbols that have straight dependencies, but maybe I'm missing some
> subtle point. It seems to always build for me now.

Thanks Arnd, do you mind sharing your config? We noticed last week that 
there's a depend/select confusion might be simpler to fix, see 
https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/pull/2047/commits

If I look at the first line I see a IMX_DSP=n which looks exactly like 
what we wanted to fix.

> 
> Fixes: fe57a92c8858 ("ASoC: SOF: Add missing dependency on IMX_SCU")
> Fixes: afb93d716533 ("ASoC: SOF: imx: Add i.MX8M HW support")
> Fixes: cb0312f61c3e ("ASoC: SOF: imx: fix undefined reference issue")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>   sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig | 7 +++----
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig
> index f76660e91382..66684d7590f4 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig
> +++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/Kconfig
> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_OF
>   
>   config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8_SUPPORT
>   	bool "SOF support for i.MX8"
> -	depends on IMX_SCU
> +	depends on IMX_SCU=y || IMX_SCU=SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_OF
> +	depends on IMX_DSP=y || IMX_DSP=SND_SOC_SOF_IMX_OF
>   	help
>   	  This adds support for Sound Open Firmware for NXP i.MX8 platforms
>   	  Say Y if you have such a device.
> @@ -29,14 +30,13 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8_SUPPORT
>   
>   config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8
>   	tristate
> -	depends on IMX_SCU
> -	select IMX_DSP
>   	help
>   	  This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
>   	  'select' statements at a higher level
>   
>   config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M_SUPPORT
>   	bool "SOF support for i.MX8M"
> +	depends on IMX_DSP=y || IMX_DSP=SND_SOC_SOF_OF
>   	help
>   	  This adds support for Sound Open Firmware for NXP i.MX8M platforms
>   	  Say Y if you have such a device.
> @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M_SUPPORT
>   
>   config SND_SOC_SOF_IMX8M
>   	tristate
> -	depends on IMX_DSP
>   	help
>   	  This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
>   	  'select' statements at a higher level
>