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Wysocki" , Thierry Reding , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] cpufreq: tegra124: Allow building as a module Message-ID: <20250519103749.falgd64ikkwkfpg7@vireshk-i7> References: <20250508-tegra124-cpufreq-v4-0-d142bcbd0234@gmail.com> <20250508-tegra124-cpufreq-v4-2-d142bcbd0234@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On 15-05-25, 07:41, Jon Hunter wrote: > Yes and that is understood. I see a few drivers calling ... > > platform_device_register_simple("cpufreq-dt", -1, NULL, 0); > > One option, and I don't know if this would be acceptable, would be to add a > new wrapper function in the cpufreq-dt driver for the above that other > drivers could call and that would create the dependency you need. Doing that won't be a problem, but I doubt if that is a better than adding a soft dependency here. I personally felt that the soft dependency may be the right way here. The cpufreq-dt file presents a driver, a device can be added from any file and that doesn't require the driver file to be inserted first. If the platform wants to simplify and create a dependency, a soft dependency looks okay. -- viresh