Re: [PATCH] drm/imagination: DRM_POWERVR should depend on ARCH_K3

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Hi Javier,

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 8:03 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > The Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series 6 GPU is currently only
> > supported on Texas Instruments K3 AM62x SoCs.  Hence add a dependency on
> > ARCH_K3, to prevent asking the user about this driver when configuring a
> > kernel without Texas Instruments K3 Multicore SoC support.
> >
> > Fixes: 4babef0708656c54 ("drm/imagination: Add skeleton PowerVR driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Indeed. Although I wonder what is the supposed policy since for example
> the DRM_PANFROST symbol only depends on ARM || ARM64 and others such as

I think ARM Mali is sufficiently ubiquitous on ARM/ARM64 systems to
have just an ARM/ARM64 dependency...

> DRM_ETNAVIV don't even have an SoC or architecture dependency.

Vivante GPUs are found in DTS files on at least 4 architectures.
Might be worthwhile to add some dependencies, though...

> In any case, I agree with you that restricting to only K3 makes sense.

I am looking forward to adding || SOC_AM33XX || ARCH_RENESAS || ...,
eventually ;-)

> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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