# Re: \[RFC 05/32\] char: impi, tpm: depend on HAS\_IOPORT

- From: Geert Uytterhoeven \<geert@linux-m68k.org\>
- Date: 2021-12-28 10:25:31 
- List: linux-integrity
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-integrity/2021/12/1619834
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2021/12/1619460/t.md

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Hi Niklas,

Thanks for your patch!

On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 5:51 PM Niklas Schnelle [ref] wrote:
> In a future patch HAS_IOPORT=n will result in inb()/outb() and friends
> not being declared. We thus need to add this dependency and ifdef
> sections of code using inb()/outb() as alternative access methods.
>
> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/Kconfig             |  3 ++-

Your oneline-summary doesn't cover this file.

>  drivers/char/ipmi/Makefile       | 11 ++++-------
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c |  3 ++-
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c  |  3 +++
>  drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig         |  1 +
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c  | 14 ++++++++++----
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c  | 19 ++++++++-----------
>  7 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
> index 740811893c57..3d046e364e53 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ config TTY_PRINTK_LEVEL
>  config PRINTER
>         tristate "Parallel printer support"
>         depends on PARPORT
> +       depends on HAS_IOPORT

Why? drivers/char/lp.c doesn't use I/O accessors, and should work with
all parport drivers.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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