From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Viken Dadhaniya <viken.dadhaniya@oss.qualcomm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, geert+renesas@glider.be,
bjorn.andersson@oss.qualcomm.com, arnd@arndb.de, heiko@sntech.de,
ebiggers@kernel.org, michal.simek@amd.com,
luca.weiss@fairphone.com, nfraprado@collabora.com,
prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com,
kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com
Cc: mukesh.savaliya@oss.qualcomm.com, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
trilok.soni@oss.qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] arm64: defconfig: Make I2C_QCOM_GENI built-in
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 08:09:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c0b2a73f-92ac-48fb-8576-9331fca6fd0c@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251204022132.287243-1-viken.dadhaniya@oss.qualcomm.com>
On 04/12/2025 03:21, Viken Dadhaniya wrote:
> Require I2C over GENI during early boot on some Qualcomm platforms to
> initialize GPIO expanders that control SD card detection. Without this
> driver built-in, the kernel cannot detect the root filesystem device
> when modules are unavailable.
>
> Make I2C_QCOM_GENI built-in to ensure these systems can boot without
> an initramfs.
No, that's a strong no. All Qcom and other arm64 systems are supposed to
use initramfs for booting on defconfig.
There is no single use case for this defconfig. Maybe you are mixing it
with some product configuration...
Best regards,
Krzysztof
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-04 7:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-04 2:21 Viken Dadhaniya
2025-12-04 2:48 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2025-12-04 7:09 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
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