Re: [PATCH 5/6] arm: enable RapidIO menu in Kconfig

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk>]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 08:43:02AM -0400, Alex Bounine wrote:
> On 2018-07-31 08:04 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 06:50:33PM -0400, Alexei Colin wrote:
> >>diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >>index afe350e5e3d9..602a61324890 100644
> >>--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >>+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >>@@ -1278,6 +1278,8 @@ config PCI_HOST_ITE8152
> >>  source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
> >>+source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
> >
> >Please include this from drivers/Kconfig instead of enabling it
> >for a completely random set of architectures.
> >
> This is not a random set of architectures but only ones that implement
> support for RapidIO as system bus.
> 
> On some platforms RapidIO can be the only system bus available replacing
> PCI/PCIe.
> 
> As it is done now, RapidIO is configured in "Bus Options" (x86/PPC) or "Bus
> Support" (ARMs) sub-menu and from system configuration option it should be
> kept this way.
> 
> Current location of RAPIDIO configuration option is familiar to users of
> PowerPC and x86 platforms, and is similarly available in some ARM
> manufacturers kernel code trees.

... which is why you have a HAS_RAPIDIO thing and select it from
arch/*/Kconfig as I suggested in my original review of your patch
set.

As I've also said, I'm unable to review what you've sent this time
around because I don't have all your patches.

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