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=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_NEOMUTT autolearn=ham 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 8B3E1C43381 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2019 11:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BBAA20675 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2019 11:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=armlinux.org.uk header.i=@armlinux.org.uk header.b="rvFC0zs/" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729277AbfCFLev (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2019 06:34:51 -0500 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:58706 "EHLO pandora.armlinux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725783AbfCFLeu (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2019 06:34:50 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=D4bF8+CAmptDpA70NbBNCQNqvLKWS6Y2idy2T9oICuI=; b=rvFC0zs/HOsCPT5IUjX7iEOCv V2cvmpU5aADX9ZD7J7JLqJIwlK41Ru5Suqge+Qd4VoFhmkOH7OMsDIit67mCny7n3r69yOEjqFPF8 13Sv2gWA/CTqiQSnhlu42GeR65qAWQhkxrCLvCzpWgc+E1jQxR/El0h4tkbzWiGdqvHYcHXoBKqhz E+E5MmPbo6ZqNcHRsoZ8lfS8JQNj9X64hCSAORn1gb6yVGpOk9VBgxXVu7vNRUCvNnRifhbCaU88k xKCDmJwFD6qdrK9xoLKA7JI7kfQEsLUJyxM0l5ehCoEEplc5YVBautyO2TtACKbSxfQ71CNMME1sM qoGSKue+Q==; Received: from shell.armlinux.org.uk ([2002:4e20:1eda:1:5054:ff:fe00:4ec]:37278) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1h1Uor-0007OK-Vp; Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:34:42 +0000 Received: from linux by shell.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1h1Uom-00041L-EO; Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:34:36 +0000 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 11:34:36 +0000 From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin To: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Lucas Stach , linux-arm Mailing List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Mark Rutland , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Peng Hao Subject: Re: Smarter Kconfig help Message-ID: <20190306113436.5ucdjppibwl6pahz@shell.armlinux.org.uk> References: <20190305173111.t3n6ycktht7kxuhq@shell.armlinux.org.uk> <1551865552.9298.24.camel@pengutronix.de> <20190306095147.xyf3d62bywx4v6ji@shell.armlinux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 12:49:40PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 11:52 AM Russell King - ARM Linux admin > wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 10:45:52AM +0100, Lucas Stach wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, den 05.03.2019, 17:31 +0000 schrieb Russell King - ARM Linux admin: > > > > While I totally agree that the irqsteer driver should only default Y on > > > 64bit i.MX SoCs, I'm not really sure what to do about the Kconfig help > > > text. > > > > > > Enumerating SoCs in the Kconfig of a IP block driver is always prone to > > > get outdated. Just as the first example I've been able to come up with, > > > the MMC_SDHCI_ESDHC_IMX help text says: "This selects the Freescale > > > eSDHC/uSDHC controller support found on i.MX25, i.MX35 i.MX5x and > > > i.MX6x.", while the same IP block is to be found on i.MX7 and various > > > i.MX8. > > > > > > For the Kconfig user, who needs to decide if an option is relevant, > > > outdated SoC information is probably just as bad as no information at > > > all. > > > > How about "This option does not apply to AArch32 based SoCs" or > > Negative is usually error prone. > > > "This option should be enabled for i.MX7 and later SoCs" ? > > Why it should be? It can / could be I guess. I've no idea. I'm just making suggestions - if you have anything better, let's hear it. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 12.1Mbps down 622kbps up According to speedtest.net: 11.9Mbps down 500kbps up