Re: [PATCH 7/7] ARM: EXYNOS: Remove code for restart and poweroff for exynos SoCs

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Hello,

On 10/19/2015 09:00 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 19.10.2015 15:03, Alim Akhtar wrote:
>> Now we can use the generic syscon-{reboot/poweroff} drivers,
>> so we don't need special handling for reboot/poweroff in
>> exynos pmu driver. This patch remove the same.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/mach-exynos/pmu.c |   43 -------------------------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 43 deletions(-)
> 
> I think that removal of this stuff will effectively remove the
> restart/poweroff handlers from:
> 1. Other defconfigs, like multi_v7
> 2. Custom configs.
>

This will also break old DTBs that don't have a "syscon-poweroff" device
node that contains the necessary PMU regmap, offset and mask information.
 
> Previously this code was always compiled in for ARCH_EXYNOS. Now it is
> not so I am thinking about selecting necessary drivers from main exynos
> Kconfig symbol. That could be tricky though, because "select" should be
> used only for non-visible symbols.
> 
> Any ideas how to solve that?
>

Is true that select should only be used for non-visible symbols but there
are others user visible symbols that are selected by ARCH_EXYNOS such as
EXYNOS_THERMAL. So I think selecting the regmap syscon reset stuff there
is a sensible option.
 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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