Re: [PATCH v17 7/7] usb: Specify dependencies on USB_XHCI_PLATFORM with 'depends on'
From: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
Date: 2021-12-20 18:45:03
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On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 03:47:24AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
17.12.2021 02:56, Matthias Kaehlcke пишет:quoted
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:07:39PM -0800, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:quoted
Some USB controller drivers that depend on the xhci-plat driver specify this dependency using 'select' in Kconfig. This is not recommended for symbols that have other dependencies as it may lead to invalid configurations. Use 'depends on' to specify the dependency instead of 'select'. For dwc3 specify the dependency on USB_XHCI_PLATFORM in USB_DWC3_HOST and USB_DWC3_DUAL_ROLE. Also adjust the dependencies of USB_DWC3_CORE to make sure that at least one of USB_DWC3_HOST, USB_DWC3_GADGET or USB_DWC3_DUAL_ROLE can be selected. Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>Note: This patch has been removed from the onboard_usb_hub series, together with "ARM: configs: Explicitly enable USB_XHCI_PLATFORM where needed" and "arm64: defconfig: Explicitly enable USB_XHCI_PLATFORM". These patches aren't any longer needed for the series. If maintainers think they are useful independently from the series please pick them or let me know what needs to be changed to get them landed.Hi, I don't know what this all is about, perhaps I'm CC'ed semi-randomly because touched that Kconfig once.
Yes, it seems tools select you based on their heuristics because you made changes to that file.
All I can say here is that the commit message tells us "This is not recommended" and doesn't explain what's the actual problem is being solved. If there is no real problem, why bother?
Earlier versions of the onboard_usb_hub series [1] which had a dependency involving USB_XHCI_PLATFORM had an issue with invalid (rand)configs that was related with the 'selects'. The series doesn't depend on USB_XHCI_PLATFORM any longer, hence the original issue doesn't exist anymore, however it might re-surface in the future. Personally I have no vested interest at this point in getting the config changes landed, I just wanted to make clear what the status is (split off from the series, no future versions unless someone requests them), rather than abandoning them silently. [1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-usb/list/?series=531343